The president has told the White House counsel to explore whether he can do some kind of background checks measure through executive action, though he has made clear internally he wants a political concession in exchange from his critics https://t.co/RAlSXfjuaa

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 7, 2019

Read that closely - Trump wont act to strengthen background checks without a concession.

It’s an executive order. He can act unilaterally with no one doing anything. He wants a concession - 2 guesses, 1st doesn’t count: immigration action that’d be win for white supremacists.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 7, 2019