Posted on 12/11/2018 8:16:46 AM PST by Olog-hai
President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to have the military build it if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country.
Trump tweeted the threat hours before Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi were to meet with Trump at the White House in an effort to avert a partial government shutdown on Dec. 21, when funding for some agencies is scheduled to expire.
In a series of tweets Tuesday, Trump said immigration and border patrol agents and thousands of active-duty service members he sent to the border have done a FANTASTIC job. But he said A Great Wall would be, however, a far easier & less expensive solution.
Trump said he looked forward to meeting with Schumer and Pelosi, but claimed they dont want border security for strictly political reasons.
If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is! Trump said.
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I hope he means it. Lots of empty bluffing lately, that hasn’t worked.
What do you mean “if” they refuse. They have already refused so when does construction start?
Illegal immigration is a clear and present danger.
Use it as a Seabee and Combat Engineer training opportunity. We can have reservists do their 2 weeks on the border.
We need a MAGA Wall Go Fund me.
That should set up a GoFundMe account for adopting a landmine
Where they've always been. In the decades leading up to the Trump era, the GOP never had any intentions of securing or protecting our borders.
Before they were never Trumpers..
They were never conservatives.
I wish he would stop threatening to do that, and just order it done. To hell with the dems and the pro-illegal republicans and media.
Who’s watching Chuck and Nancy and Trump?
Should’ve done it that way from the get go.
It’s easy to spot the political posers here and elsewhere. The GOP was dead on the floor before Trump for damn good reason. Without Trump the borders or a wall would not even be discussed. The borders would still be wide open violent free for all. Both parties would still be waving in millions with a wink and a nod as they’ve done for many decades leading to the Trump era. Yet the posers ignore all that and always focus on Trump, instead of those who created and continue to support these America last, country killing globalist open border polices.
This is what should have been done to begin with, imho.
” but does he have the authority to direct them to build the wall?”
It would require a National Emergency declaration by POTUS.
That’s as close to martial law as the US system allows.
It’s how Roosevelt was able to imprison Japanese Americans.
THE SOONER THE BETTER!
Absolutely right you are.
Meeting with Pelosi & Schumer was a real shit show.
Trump had the press there unknown to Stretch & Chuckles the Clown.
I'd say building the wall to provide security at our southern border falls into that category, namely, preventing the flood of illegals raging across our border.
How did the two of them, with their camera radar, not know the media was there?
Ambush!!! Yes!!!
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