“Terrorism wasn’t on the table when he first was elected.”
I disagree. Terrorism was huge when he took office. WTC in 93,Khobar Towers, The Cole, etc. Add Somalia in 93 and everyone knew terror had to be addressed. And he addressed it.
Open borders was a given. He was the Governor of Texas. Did anyone think that he was going to take money out of the pockets of his business buddies in Texas? It’s a bit naive to think differently. Did congress put a strong anti-immigration bill on his desk? Did he veto it?
IIRC and please correct me if I am wrong, congress put a bill in front of the President for a fence and he signed that. Aside from him going down there and building the fence himself, what else could he do?