Based on this logical presentation, why did President Trump make all this noise about declaring a state of emergency NOW? Why not spend the $1.375B appropriation and $3.1 B before making a DoE, demonstrating the benefits, then declare emergency to fund the remaining part?
Is it:
1) Declaration issue distracts from Trump signing this mega-spending, capitulating to Democrats bill?
2) Once large sections of wall have already been built, the emergency will be greatly diminished (shameless Democrats will likely say it has worked so well, we don’t need any more).
This is why you get those border Demorat towns hooked on that Fed largesse NOW. I mean, pour money in there, go down there like Daddy Warbucks and say, this new road here, this repair here, how about a new reservoir party lake for your boats, all part of TheWall.
Get 'em hooked good and they'll turn on their Demorat masters "Whaddya mean you gota take away Fed money for TheWall? That's our money!"
This has NEVER failed everywhere it's been tried.
No. Declaration of Emergency allows him to immediately spend the non-Declaration $.
Second, it alerts the hysterical types in his base that in fact he knows what he’s doing.
Third, correct: with each MILE of wall that goes up, the funnel grows smaller, i.e., the miles you have to patrol. So all the hysteria about not having more border patrol agents is misplaced. You don’t need more if you are building wall. In fact, over time, you need fewer.