From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobarrow. This is the Daily.

This week, the president proposed two deals, one at home, the other abroad, that would require

allies to put his needs ahead of theirs. And in both cases, Trump got exactly what he wanted. To understand why,

I spoke with three of my colleagues, White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Zolan-Kano-Youngs,

and congressional correspondent Katie Edmondson.

It's Friday, February 28th.

So friends, welcome back, all three of you to the roundtable,

Zolan and Katie, thank you for being in our Washington studio.

Good to have you.

Thanks for having us.

Thanks for having us, Michael.

Thank you, Michael.

I didn't even say hello to you yet.

Oh.

How presumptuous of it.

There's an order to this all.

The host says hello.

And the guests, you can't just get ahead of it.

You can't just circumvent.

I hope you all keep this.

That's the plan.

Ready?

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