Posted on 01/30/2019 8:45:10 AM PST by Liberty7732
On Friday, relatively unexpectedly, President Trump announced a deal that would temporarily end the partial federal government shutdown. Under the terms of the deal, Congress would pass a continuing resolution funding the government for three weeks. During that time, according to the President, Democrats and Republicans would work out a deal bringing about a solution to border security inclusive of erecting a wall at the United States southern border.
The plan, of course, assumes that the Democrats would faithfully negotiate a solution to Americas border security issues. But we know, of course, that the Democrats neither desire a wall nor negotiate in good faith. Moreover, the President made a tactical error in signaling that if an appropriate resolution were not made in the next three weeks he may use his emergency powers to build the wall anyway.
We can safely predict that the Democrats would relish cornering the President into employing his emergency powers for the construction of a southern wall because they know that a hostile judiciary would kill the Presidents wall project even if the Supreme Court leans conservative.
In the eyes of the Democrats, the long road towards killing the Presidents wall is now wide open, and they intend to take it.
So what should the President do? Truth is, the President has a path that likely leads to building the wall, and almost certainly, to his reelection, and he too must take it.
Now, I acknowledge that President Trump does look a little tired, like a prizefighter in the eighth round that has taken his share of body punches and a few too many jabs to the face. The President is tired from seven rounds of abuse, and he is wondering if he can take another eight rounds. Suffice it to say, that the President needs a couple of days to recharge his batteries and remind himself of the immeasurably noble reasons he has undertaken this venture and the incredible accomplishments he has already realized.
Whats more, the President is right; border security is a matter of fundamental importance to the nations stability and safety, and it is proper for him to expend whatever energies necessary to solving a problem regarding which Congress has been negligent for decades.
President Trumps strength lies in the grassroots. This President is backed by a slew of patriotic, hard-working people who have been begging for a fight. In fact, the only reason the President was elected is because that group wanted to fight. The President therefore needs to let them.
Just like in the midterm elections, the President needs to hold a series of rallies (at least three times a week) in stadiums all across the country where the multitudes enthusiastically and continuously chant, Build the wall! Build the wall!!
Second, during these rallies, the President needs to explain that he has done everything the Democrats have asked to solicit their cooperation. He needs to tell of all the deals he has worked, all the offers he has made, and how he has reopened the government for the purposes of making sure Congress accomplishes the mission of addressing border security, since after all, thats exactly what the Democrats, and even some Republicans in Congress, said needed to happen.
Next, at every rally, he must blame the Democrats for any future government shutdown. Remember, the media have hung the shutdown albatross around President Trumps neck. But this argument is no longer applicable. By reopening the government, Trump has also reset the culpability analysis, and in this sport, whoever can blame the other more effectively wins.
President Trump must come out of the gates saying that if this deal does not happen, then the consequences of their negligence is completely on the Democrats back. He must explain that we have seen the deleterious effects of a government shutdown. We have seen the suffering of those furloughed workers who, by the way, the Democrats never cared enough to allow back to work. We have seen, he must tell them, of the dilapidated state of our national parks and the disruption to our airports. We have also seen the humanitarian crisis that the continuing dereliction in Congresss duties in solving the nations immigration problem has caused.
The Democrats know this, he must explain, and they have it in their power to solve the immigration problem and the issue of funding the government. And if they dont, then it will be 100% on the Democrats.
And lastly, if the Democrats fail to come to terms, under no circumstances does the President reopen the government nor does he use his emergency powers to build the wall, because after all, the erection of a wall through the Presidential emergency powers will be insufficient to solve the calamity that exists at our southern border nor will it address the thousands of people that reside in this country illegally through visa overstays.
The President has done a great job at bringing the problem of our border security to the forefront of the American psyche, and with that has come a brilliant opportunity to permanently solve this blemish on our nation and its policies.
As far as the President is concerned, if the Democrats do not deliver, he rides their failure all the way to his re-election. And then well see what strength-of-will the American people, and more importantly, that subgroup of Americans who fundamentally care about the future of our country, possess.
“Remember, the media have hung the shutdown albatross around President Trumps neck.”
Trump, on national TV, said he would on the shutdown.
“Remember Fort Sumter”! “Remember the Maine.”” Remember the Alamo,”” Remember Pearl Harbor,” Remember dammit, remember!”
This is horrible advice. People have already attended rallies and supported the President to build a wall. The President has ALREADY said the Dems are to blame. No new people are going to be persuaded. If construction on the wall has not begun well before the 2020 election, then I fear for Trump’s re-election. Sure, lots of people in the base will vote for him, but not accomplishing his signature promise will suppress at least some of his support. Every Dem that voted against him in 2016 will vote against him in 2020, AND provisional ballots will be harvested to insure that swing-states cast even more Dem votes this time around. Trump needs to fight and surround himself with more people willing to fight (especially in the military and law-enforcement). Ultimately, political power flows from the barrel of a gun. It matters not if a judge with no jurisdiction issues injunction after injunction if law-enforcement is on the President’s side. Let the courts fight it out while the wall is being built.
I think this is wishful thinking. The rinos in the senate will fold.
Those who do not like Trump... he irritates them with his efficiency.
*He works long hours and in a hurry.
*Washington does neither.. they take forever to do anything and Trump walks over them to get it done.
*He does not tolerate the Washington attitude.
*Washington think he is odd and irritating because he has a different attitude.
*He is nice and gentlemanly until he comes up against rude.. then he sounds off.
*Washington puts on a fake face and pretends to be nice when they are anything but.
*The two (Trump and Washington) are different and Washington has not gotten over it yet.. they cannot accept a different man who gets things done and keeps his word. It’s just not done in Washington DC!
That’s why we elected Donald Trump as President!!!
.... Without any fanfare .... The Prez should create some kind of a diversion to keep the media busy .... in the mean time quietly send the military to the border and task them to build the wall/fence ..... Then before the information actually arrives at the country’s non investigatory reactionary news media .... the wall could already be nearing completion.
I’d like to see Trump play the voices of the numerous democrats that have urged a wall in the past, and I’d like to see those democrats then explain their current opposition.
Why are we allowing Jared’s ideas to be posted here?
It’s not the strength of will of the American people which is at question, and it’s certainly not the strength of will of the President himself. It’s the lack of will of the Republicans in the Senate and the House. If there is another shutdown then they’ll fold within days and pass funding without the wall by veto-proof margins.
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