Posted on 12/20/2018 9:37:41 AM PST by Kaslin
During a presidential campaign, candidates are known to promise everything under the sun to win. You name it, someone has promised it to voters, and more. Its a trade-off were all come to accept and expect. But every candidate, buried under the avalanche of campaign BS, does have a few core things they really will work to accomplish. With Donald Trump, one of those things, perhaps THE thing, was a wall on our southern border to stop the illegal alien invasion. Now, that wall is looking a lot more like If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, than something that will actually happen.
This is not just me talking. On my podcast yesterday, I spoke with Ann Coulter, who was an early, eager, and vocal supporter of Donald Trumps candidacy even writing the book, In Trump We Trust. It doesnt seem like she trusts President Trump as much anymore.
The border wall was the priority of Coulter, whose book Adios, America, helped inform the Trump campaigns immigration policy. So when the President was unequivocal about this demand for $5 billion to build some of the wall last week with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi or hed allow the government to shut down, those of us concerned with our countrys sovereignty saw it as a line in the sand we could get behind.
It was refreshing to hear a politician speak plainly, to say they want to fulfill a campaign promise and are willing to go to great lengths to do it.
Then this Tuesday happened.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in an interview with Fox News, started to walk back that rhetoric, to blur the line. She seemed to indicate that the White House would be willing to forego a straight $5 billion in exchange for avoiding a shutdown and a willingness from Democrats to work to find a way to shift money around from elsewhere to pay for construction.
Weve heard this song before Democrats get what they want now (avoiding a shutdown without having to take a tough vote) and Republicans get a promise of some future action on their priorities. Its the Wimpy Rule Ill gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Only Tuesday never comes.
Coulter was not buying it. Without a wall, she told me she would not vote for Donald Trumps reelection in 2020. No. Nor will, I think, most of his supporters. Why would you? To make sure, I dont know, Ivanka and Jared could make money? That seems to be the main point of the presidency at this point, she said.
Without a wall, Trump will just have been a joke presidency who scammed the American people, amused the populists for a while, but hell have no legacy whatsoever, she said.
That coming from Donald Trumps biggest cheerleader in 2016 should serve as a wake-up call for the White House.
We all expect politicians to break their promises, its what they do. And even though the Trump wasnt a politician before being elected, its tough to make the case that the President of the United States is not a politician. So when the tax cuts werent as large as promised, it was fine thats part of the negotiating process. But we did get tax cuts. The economy is booming, unemployment is at near-record lows. Promise kept. But to truly get tired of winning, there needs to be a victory on THE promise of his campaign, and we don't see it.
The threat of a shutdown was the only leverage the White House had to force Democrats to go on record opposing what the American people want and voted for. Yet, it seems like they gave it away without a fight. Getting creative with the accounting and pledging to look into freeing up money elsewhere to accomplish your goal later is not the same as $5 billion earmarked for the express purpose of building a wall.
Were 2 years into the Trump administration and the economy is rolling, but not one brick has been laid on the Presidents signature campaign promise. Now were watching the clock tick down to Democrats retaking control of the House, which means there is zero chance for any money in the near future. Its now or never. If the White House doesnt make this not only a priority but THE priority, it simply will not happen. And if Ann is right, Donald Trump wont get a second bite at this apple.
Whether there is money for a Wall before the term ends or not, the only Wall anyone will see on the southern border is the Wall of people crossing ...
On the basis of his self-interest alone, he must know that if he doesnt build the wall, he has zero chance of being re-elected and a 100 percent chance of being utterly humiliated.
In the end, we'll probably find out "wall" was Trump's "safe word" with Stormy Daniels. It's just something he blurts out whenever he's in trouble.
Ann is right A NEVER TRUMP B-WORD.
Never Trumper?
Fair Weather Trumper?
Drunk in the AM?
Don’t forget President Trump is a businessman. He knows how to make someone pay if he wants something.
It does not matter.
After Trump leaves office, no future president, Republican or Democrat, is going to vigorously enforce our border laws or our visa overstay laws.
The most effective and most immediate action that Trump can take is to write an Executive Order for Universal E-Verify.
Unfortunately, some unknown federal judge will issue an injunction against Universal E-Verify, everyone will agree that Trump is completely helpless against the federal judiciary, and nothing will happen.
If Trump were Emperor instead of POTUS, we would have already had a Wall.
Unfortunately, being POTUS means that he cannot banish the Traitors in the Courts and Legislature who fight him tooth and nail to the Gallows.
There should be a GoFundMe page set up to repurpose all the Streetlights in Washington D.C.
Repeat this until the extortion and betrayal sinks in. This is in addition to the billions we already send.
Extortion. Betrayal by our leadership.
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