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BREAKING: Trump Likely To Proceed WITHOUT Congress On the Wall, He’s Done Playing Games https://t.co/QJL0xbuPDL via @ILMForg— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 1, 2019
Link from the Bill Mitchell tweeter in comment 900, not familiar with the site below, just copying a few bits:
BREAKING: Trump Likely To Proceed WITHOUT Congress On The Wall, He’s Done Playing Games
BREAKING: Trump Likely To Proceed WITHOUT Congress On The Wall, He’s Done Playing Games January 31, 2019 J.R.
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President Trump isn’t playing around anymore.
He knows, like the rest of America, that Democrats aren’t going to give in on the border wall. They refuse to keep the American people safe.
When the government shuts down again in two weeks, President Trump told reporters that he will likely go around Congress and get everything straightened out at the border once and for all.
From the NY Times:
In an interview in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump called the talks “a waste of time” and indicated he will most likely take action on his own when they officially end in two weeks. At the same time, he expressed optimism about reaching a trade deal with China and denied being at odds with his intelligence chiefs.
“I think Nancy Pelosi is hurting our country very badly by doing what’s she doing and, ultimately, I think I’ve set the table very nicely,” Mr. Trump said. While he would not directly say that he plans to declare a national emergency to build the wall, he added: “I’ve set the table. I’ve set the stage for doing what I’m going to do.”
“I’ve actually always gotten along with her, but now I don’t think I will any more,” Mr. Trump said. “I think she’s doing a tremendous disservice to the country. If she doesn’t approve the wall, the rest of it’s just a waste of money and time and energy because it’s desperately needed.”
Mr. Trump has been considering an emergency declaration to spend money on a wall even without congressional approval, an action that would most likely draw a court challenge, and he said Ms. Pelosi would not be able to stop him. “I’ll continue to build the wall, and we’ll get the wall finished,” he said. “Now whether or not I declare a national emergency — that you’ll see.”
[Trump’s] authority is even stronger in the field of combating drug smuggling, even without the declared health crisis. 10 U.S.C. § Section 284 allows the secretary of defense, upon request from federal or state law enforcement dealing with drug trafficking, and in conjunction with the secretary of state, to “provide support for the counterdrug activities or activities to counter transnational organized crime.” Subsection b(7) allows the DOD to provide help in the form of “construction of roads and fences and installation of lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States.”
Hoo boy!!! More media layoffs! HA.HA.HA.HA.HA.
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With the (recent) “first round” of media layoffs, I cross checked the names with Q’s list of compromised journalists but didn’t find a match. I am still thinking they will conceal journalists’ legal problems by having them “conveniently” leave in a large crowd of layoffs.
Great news on those lay-offs.