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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer had just finished outlining a new Democratic immigration proposal over a working dinner at the White House on Wednesday night when President Trump stopped him with a simple question: What is in it for me? Mr. Schumer, the schmoozy Senate minority leader, responded with a litany of what he saw as Mr. Trump’s presidential sins, according to two people with direct knowledge of the interaction. Those included pulling out of the Paris climate accord and failing to unequivocally denounce anti-Semitism and racism in the wake of the Charlottesville violence. The time had come, Mr. Schumer declared as Nancy Pelosi, the top House Democrat, nodded in agreement, for the president to prove himself to Democrats if he wanted to do any big deals. Mr. Trump has been known to freeze out or tongue-lash critics for far less. Instead, to the surprise of people in the room, he responded positively, if vaguely, and laughed. Then he tucked back into the honey sesame crispy beef, part of the Chinese dinner he had ordered delivered to the White House, evoking the kinds of meals the two men grew up eating — Mr. Schumer in Brooklyn and Mr. Trump in Queens. For the moment, at least, the kitchen-table approach to congressional deal-making seems to have broken a legislative stalemate, though questions linger about whether the alliance will last beyond two brief negotiations. But Mr. Schumer, who had engaged in a public feud with Mr. Trump for months, thinks t... Link to the full article to read more