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National Emergency? Trump Will Make ‘Major Announcement’ On Border Crisis Tomorrow Afternoon
Townhall.com ^ | January 18, 2019 | Matt Vespa
Is it coming tomorrow? House Democrats are still holding the line on denying President Trump his border wall. The $5 billion proposal led to the current shutdown, now the longest in American history. Trump wants to at least get part of the border wall built. Democrats are not in a bipartisan mode. They just retook the House on the overarching promise to fight this White House not work with it.
I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M., live from the @WhiteHouse.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019
As the two sides dig in, the crisis at the border is worsening. Yes, we do have a crisis on the southern border. The Washington Post and The New York Times reported on it. Former President Barack Obama even said there was a crisis. With another migrant horde setting off for the U.S. border, something has to get done. The president has been mulling declaring a national emergency to get it done, which isn’t facially unconstitutional, according to law experts, though how he would collect the funds to build this wall is another legal can of worms. Whatever the case, it seems now, with no deal in sight, Trump is preparing to declare a national emergency. We’ll find out for sure tomorrow around 3 P.M, but the president said that it will be about the crisis at the border.
The national emergency declaration to build the wall — which has looked like the most likely end to the shutdown for almost two weeks now — probably won’t accomplish what Trump wants.
But it gets everyone out of a shutdown without anyone having to concede.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 18, 2019
Appreciate the heads up to polish up my “trump declares national emergency” prewrite... https://t.co/2FVgv1rs6G—; Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) January 18, 2019
#BREAKING #Trump suggests he would declare national emergency https://t.co/rMkHwzrrCu—; Guy Elster (@guyelster) January 18, 2019
Now, it could be that, or it could be a massive head fake. We shall find out soon. Stay tuned.
I doubt he declares. He has ((them)) imploding. This buzzfeed issue only makes it worse.
He will need a BIG majority of America on his side. To let all of his detractors drop trow and expose themselves is exactly his game.
Let a fool be a fool and then profit from it.
But it gets everyone out of a shutdown without anyone having to concede.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 18, 2019
Declaring a National Emergency and using other funds to build the wall won't necessarily end the shut down. The Congressvermin still have to send him a budget that he will sign.
Trump wants to at least get part of the border wall built.
He wants "PART of the wall built? I don't think that is accurate at all! Parts of the wall are built already.
He can’t let the Dems off the hook, especially if there is a way to RIF a lot of the swamp using the shutdown. Better way to approach it is to say that he will declare emergency and use money available to the military to build the wall, but he won’t sign a budget until it includes a provision to pay for the wall and repay the military for what he has to use under the military’s budget. That gives us the wall, and forces the Dems to eventually cave in.