You are exactly right. It is a stretch by any standard. Trump signed the omnibus bill that expressly prohibited new wall. It allowed only repairs. It was a total disaster. But he has promised unequivocally to close down the government in September if he doesn’t get all the wall. He is on tape!! Even though that is before the midterm. We don’t care. The wall is now over due and we won’t tolerate any further delay. We voted for the wall. We won . We want our wall,. Not “border security” nonsense!! We want a big beautiful giant physical wall. The omnibus bill should never have been signed. Never.
Bang on the money. He is on tape and record. He needs not to get complacent - if that wall is not started, significantly started by 2020 - he is probably finished, or even if he rides the economy over the finish line the base will have deserted him. That would be sad. I have learnt to trust him - I’m pretty confident he’s going to make a stand in September.