Trump did not say he would never declare a national emergency, just that he would not do so right now. Better to let the Dems twist in the wind for another week or so and keep that Ace in the sleeve.
I like Trump holding the national emergency card in his back pocket. If he plays it now, the pressure on Nancy is removed.
Nancy’s mistake was saying no negotiations on wall funding after a short term CR gets passed and signed (Wednesday meeting). She bought the shutdown fallout with that move.
Trump did not say he would never declare a national emergency, just that he would not do so right now.
This ^. He’s driving them nuts with the speculation and they’re beginning to crack. Art of the deal. Sher coming out yesterday hurt them bad. Trump is keeping his powder dry for the supreme court fight. He won’t win that if impeachment proceedings are going on in the house, and the house will impeach him if he goes scorched earth on the border.