Hello listeners. It's Thursday, September 7th, 2017, and I'm Charlie Matessian, your host this week.

You are listening to Politico's Nurdcast. This week we'll cover the politics surrounding Donald Trump's jaw-dropping deal with Democrats.

Did Chuck and Nancy roll the Donald?

Or is there more there than meets the eye?

Our first data point is three.

That's the length in months of the debt ceiling extension agreed to

Wednesday by the president. Not 18 months as first proposed by Republican

congressional leaders not 12, not 6, but 3 months.

Then we'll discuss the President's recent move

to end the Obama era program known as DACA,

which was designed to shield young undocumented immigrants,

often referred to as dreamers, from deportation.

Our second data point this week is nine.

That's the number of paragraphs in former President Barack Obama's eye-catching statement in response to the Trump White House's

decision to end DACA.

15% is our third data point.

That's President Trump's target for the top corporate tax rate

as the White House tackles tax reform. We'll explain what makes that such a

curious number. But before we dive in, a reminder to rate, review, and subscribe to Politico's

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So let's get started. Scott Bland is out again this week, but I am excited to bring in some of

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