So the instinct of many cabinet officers and other senior officials is "Boy, when we take this to the president, let's see if we can reach some sort of 4 compromise, you know, you say 2, I say 4, let's just go tell the president 3 that we've agreed on 3."

所以许多内阁官员,还有其他高层的领导人的本能都是，我们把这个给总统处理之前，先看看我们能不能各自让步,比如你说2，我说，我们就告诉总统,我们都同意“

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