There was no Speaker Pelosi to whine and withhold funding.
There were myriad Obama appointed judges who were standing by to restrain any move by Trump. The left was already screaming about putting troops on the border. Trumps judicial appointments have been stacking up since then. The Democrat party had to be destroyed before much meaningful work could be done.
> There were myriad Obama appointed judges who were standing by to restrain any move by Trump. <
Agreed. But can one judge block a troop deployment? Maybe. But I think it would have been worth finding out. Move the troops, then let the objection slowly work its way up to the Supreme Court.