David Axelrod actually said...

"Nobody was happier about these developments than Donald Trump. He was gleeful about it because it allowed him to depict his administration and his people as victims."

"He has shredded the idea of civility in our politics from the moment he begun running for president."

"If it's not -- if it wasn't meant to be a deterrent, what was it meant to be?"

"I think it's more likely that Congress is going to feel the need to act on this issue alone rather than embrace the President's total immigration package."