I would've looked at it as half a loaf is better than none.

That is the basic problem with Trump - a problem he seems to have instilled in many of his followers.

They can't see half a loaf as better then none. If they don't get the whole loaf, they see the other side as winning and themselves as losing. They would rather torpedo the entire thing than get part of what they want just to keep the other side from getting anything they may want. They are strictly win/lose. And if the other side isn't losing, they aren't winning.

Trump - and by extension many of his followers - is incapable of compromise. It is either they win or you lose. And as long as you are losing, they are happy. They see your loss as a win for them even if they get nothing.

Looking at things from that lens explains an awful lot of Trump. When compromise is a dirty word, both sides losing is better than compromise. The only acceptable outcomes are win/lose and lose/lose.

--Peter