In conclusion, President Trump is not calling for anything different than Democrat Leadership in the past has called for. The only difference is that he is actually acting on it.
Trump could have played his game better.
Now that the Demo(n)crats are all against it, Trump could have said OK lets forget the whole thing and save a lot of taxpayers money. But it looks like it always has been the plan to do what Trump did, as Trump is merely a puppet who listens to the master behind the scenes. And as the democrats are now the opposition their role is to oppose whatever the Uber-puppet has in mind. Nobody in parliament has a position, they just act.
Eversince JFK was shot. Maybe even longer.