Good Thursday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase and Company. And I'm Anna Palmer. We're back to the Whiplash White House.

President Donald Trump spoke to reporters yesterday at the White House and came off sounding like an

immigration liberal, saying that the White House would allow dreamers to, quote, morph into citizens over a period of time.

Depending on the day, Trump can sound either like a Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions, Hawk on immigration,

or a gang of eight Republican like Jeff Flake or Marker Rubio.

This leaves Congress confused.

But it actually doesn't matter that much, even if the Senate passes a pathway to citizenship

for dreamers. This would light the House on fire. We've got another development in the

immigration debate. Bloomberg is reporting that Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch would

like as many as a hundred and ninety five thousand H-1B visas based on demand. That would be an increase of 110,000 visas.

President Trump didn't only make news on immigration policy. He also told reporters Wednesday that

he's looking forward to testifying under oath in the Mueller investigation. He would also like

to do it as soon as possible, he said. Probably most stunning, though, was Trump's

closing line to reporters. It all comes back to the 2016 election. He said, quote, the fact is,

you people won't say this, but I'll say it. I was a much better candidate than her. You always say

she was a bad candidate. You never say I was a good candidate. I was one of the greatest

candidates. Nobody else would have beaten the Clinton machine as crooked as it was, but I was a good candidate. I was one of the greatest candidates. Nobody else would

have beaten the Clinton machine as crooked as it was, but I was a great candidate. Someday you're

going to say that. Goodbye, everybody. Veteran Capitol Hill reporter David Rogers is out with a

30,000 foot look at what he thinks is the real reason for last week's shutdown. Rogers writes

that it all comes back to the

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