Article snippet: A leading House Democrat said he isn't surprised by President Donald Trump's recent willingness to work with Democratic congressional leaders because, he said, Trump has “no ideology.” “He’s not conservative. He’s not liberal," Nancy Pelosi of California to increase the federal debt limit and fund the government until mid-December, surprising leaders in his own party. Then last week, Trump dined with Schumer and Pelosi to discuss possible ways to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and issues of border security. Stephanopoulos asked Schiff if he viewed Trump’s recent outreach to Democrats as genuine considering that this morning the president retweeted a mockup of a GIF showing him hitting a golf ball that knocks down his former election rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton. "It doesn't make me question that because I think all of us recognize that outreach for what it is, and that's purely transactional, purely something that will come up from time to time when the president decides it's in his personal interest to work with Democrats," Schiff said. "This is a president, look, who has no ideology." Sometimes the president's "personal interests" will align with the national interest, the California representative said. “And we shouldn't cut off our nose to spite our face where they do align, where it makes sense for the American people. We should take advantage of that transactional opportunity." ... Link to the full article to read more