Why Trump Will Win the Wall Fight

The Democrats squealed with delight when the President decided to temporarily end the partial government shutdown. Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and their media supporters believe they have won a famous victory. Indeed, more than a few have declared the Trump presidency dead. This isn’t merely delusional, it means that two years of dealing with “the Donald” have taught them nothing about how he operates. The President is adapting to the post-midterm political environment by changing his “game face.” The Democrats continue to indulge their irrational antipathy toward Trump and embrace increasingly inane policy positions. Meanwhile, he is becoming more presidential.

Thus, when he was told last week that Nancy Pelosi had withdrawn the SOTU invitation, he reacted more in sorrow than in anger: “I’m not surprised. It’s really a shame what’s happening with the Democrats. They’ve become radicalized.” Then, after getting Madam Speaker’s attention by halting her taxpayer-funded vacation, he responded in a measured fashion: “She changed her mind because of the shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative. I will do the address when the shutdown is over.” Now that she has once again invited him to speak to Congress, and what may well be a record national audience, he will use the SOTU address to close the deal on the Wall.

Not that the voters require much persuading. Monday evening, a poll commissioned by the RNC was released showing that a majority of voters in 10 key congressional districts held by Democrats believe that the President’s shutdown compromise should have been accepted by Pelosi and Schumer. The Washington Examiner reports that a 61%-35% majority support the president’s position on border security. They also support building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico by a 53%-43% margin.

Punchline:

“The standard line trotted out by the Democrats and the media when the President alludes to an emergency declaration is that a phalanx of pettifoggers will contrive to tie it up in the courts indefinitely. This has even been repeated by conservative pundits. According to Professor Turley, however, “Courts generally have deferred to the judgments of presidents on the basis for such national emergencies, and dozens of such declarations have been made without serious judicial review.”

‘All of which means that there is no practical way for the Democrats to stop Trump from getting his wall.’

In before the HE CAVED! “me-too” crowd.

Indeed. From the article:

"NPR quotes Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice as follows: “Congress chose not to put any substantial — or really any — barriers on the president’s ability to declare a national emergency.” There are no fewer than 30 national emergency measures currently in effect and, according to Goitein, “Congress has never voted once in the last 40 years — since the National Emergencies Act has been in effect — to terminate a state of emergency.” This is not to say that Goitein or Turley have much affinity for this option. Ironically, neither does the President. He has said he’d rather work out a deal with Congress.

Trump has, however, suggested that he may well go the emergency route if Pelosi and Schumer remain intransigent: “We can call a national emergency. I haven’t done it. I may do it.… It’s another way of doing it.” The standard line trotted out by the Democrats and the media when the President alludes to an emergency declaration is that a phalanx of pettifoggers will contrive to tie it up in the courts indefinitely. This has even been repeated by conservative pundits. According to Professor Turley, however, “Courts generally have deferred to the judgments of presidents on the basis for such national emergencies, and dozens of such declarations have been made without serious judicial review.”

All of which means that there is no practical way for the Democrats to stop Trump from getting his wall. He will make a sound, statesmanlike case for it to the nation during the State of the Union address — just 10 days before the deadline to avoid another shutdown. Nancy Pelosi will be scowling behind him, still smarting from the beating she received in the polls from the last shutdown and the hectoring to which she has no doubt been subjected from vulnerable members whose constituents are tired of, “NO.” Then, failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver the Dem SOTU response and characterize Trump’s wall using the usual tired clichés about racism.

In other words, Trump will have been presidential. He will have delivered all manner of good news about the economy, deregulation, health care, foreign policy, and will have laid out a plan for the wall. The Democrats will have offered identity politics, obstruction, investigations, and magical thinking on policy. Pelosi will at length decide it’s smarter to ignore the crazies in her caucus, give Trump something that he can call a “win” on the wall, and move on to something else… anything else. And all the TDS victims and Never Trumpers will demand to know what happened to their bête noire."

There are 3 branches of government. We have checks and balances.

In the Legislative branch we have far too many RINO’s who would not come up with a way to shut down ObamaCare, would not vote a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, would not vote to pass funding for the Wall.

The problem is not the President, the problem is the Legislative and Judicial branches of government.

Trump is slowly working on fixing the judicial branch.

Unfortunately, he has to rely upon voters to fix the Legislative branch.

If you look at the full court deep-state witch hunt supported by the MSM, it is amazing he has accomplished as much as he has, given the dead-weight of Congressional (lack of) support.

I look forward to an incredible State of the Union Address.

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