[reed13k]

I’m pretty sure this is his way of telling the public that “look I’m negotiating - see all the stuff I’m willing to do?”

Then when they don’t play ball at all he will be able to come back on and say. “I tried folks - they refused everything I tried so now I have to declare the emergency in order to protect you.”

Again - he’s not doing these public live broadcasts to talk to us political junkies - he’s doing it for the folks that only pay attention once in a great while.

I’m not happy about the DACA/TPS stuff but he had to show he was giving something more up.

[Steven W.]

Little Dick Durbin out with a statement that POTUS proposal is DOA, the DEMs will not allow a vote on anything until the Government is opened.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I’m pretty sure this is his way of telling the public that “look I’m negotiating - see all the stuff I’m willing to do?”

Agreed.

[JockoManning]

I understand that.

However, if 24-48 hours pass without him declaring whatever he has to declare to move in the bulldozers and begin immedicate WALL construction--it's fiddling while Rome burns.