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Article snippet: MORE offered support for sweeping immigration legislation at a White House meeting on Tuesday, sending the signal he’s willing to embrace a bipartisan deal in a midterm election year with the GOP’s congressional majorities in play. Presiding over an unusually public negotiating session, Trump engaged with lawmakers from both parties with the television cameras rolling for about an hour on issues ranging from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and border security to earmarks. Trump expressed a willingness to be flexible in brokering an agreement that would prevent a government shutdown and listened intently to political allies and rivals alike. “I think my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with,” Trump said during a Cabinet Room meeting with roughly two dozen lawmakers. “If they come to me with things that I’m not in love with, I’m going to do it, because I respect them.” Besides underlining a willingness to negotiate, the performance seemed intended to turn the page on the controversy surrounding a bestselling book about his administration and silence questions about his mental fitness. The White House initially billed the meeting as closed to the press, but in a surprise move a group of journalists was allowed to observe the meeting for roughly 55 minutes as Trump went around the room to seek input from Democrats and Republicans alike on one of the most heated issues in American politics. “This open press bipa... Link to the full article to read more