Posted on 04/25/2017 8:46:08 AM PDT by blueyon
WASHINGTON — President Trump reportedly backed off his demand that Congress include a down payment for a wall spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border in a crucial spending bill that must pass by Friday night to keep the government funded.
Republican lawmakers have urged the president to focus on border security in general instead of the wall, which Democrats have called a poison pill that would cause them to reject the bill and shut down the government.
Trump told a group of conservative reporters he invited to the White House on Monday that he was open to getting funding for the wall in September when Congress debates the 2018 budget, the Associated Press reported. This is a sharp reversal from his position over the weekend and early Monday, when he doubled down on his demand for the wall. Trump tweeted repeatedly that the wall is necessary to stop the flow of drugs into the United States.
“If the wall is not built, which it will be, the drug situation will NEVER be fixed the way it should be!” Trump exclaimed Monday, adding: “#BuildTheWall.”
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Ryan has made TRUMPCARE a reality with the Congress,
their families, and their staff, EXEMPT,
and now will destroy the Wall.
He will however, LEAD the charge for impeachment,
secretly — with those squirrely lying eyes.
Trump this is THE ISSUE you could shut the government down about, and gain support.
You are making a HUGE mistake, if you do not get this approved, right now.
Stand firm on this issue.
Do not give this away.
We have the Executive branch and the Congress. What good is a majority if you gave to the losers.
From watching Fox Business this morning it looks like the GOPe is firmly in charge.
I can live with that as long as "general security" includes Apache helicopters, A-10s, and some AC-130 Spectres patrolling the border.
Just re-direct the 500 billion dollars in waste, fraud and abuse that Dr. Ben Carson found at HUD.
Yep & the RATs
No wall? Fine activate the military and have at least one man patrolling every mile of the border 24/7, that is what the military is for isnt it?
Maybe it’s redundant given the crackdown on illegal immigration.
I mean if people stop coming because they will be busted and deported in an expedient manner, what point the wall?
Well, just wait until we filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Then they’ll really get some things done for us.
TV is a tool that’s used to warp the sheeple’s perception of reality ...
Tell the people who put him in that job.
THe Freedom Caucus for example.
You either have faith, or you don’t.
He has a nice ####ing wall though.
I don’t know why Donald came down on the Freedom Caucus and not this leprechaun POS.
As smart as The Donald is, he is still in his first moths in office.
Not bad for someoe who never held office, to say the least.
But I pray he learned that Ryan is the bad guy
He seemed to know it all along until Jared and Ivanka got in the pciture.
They are NO FRIENDS of conservatives.
Meanwhile ryan has a nice wall around his house. That POS.
Issue an EO and I don’t care where the money comes from, build the wall.
CUT tax credits for illegals already!!! And tax money send to that rotted hellhole mexico.
Ryan is trying very very hard to destroy Trump, and right now he is winning.
Any delay is a dodge and a victory for the globalists.... just like delaying the appeals on judicial power grab.
“He has a nice ####ing wall though.
I don’t know why Donald came down on the Freedom Caucus and not this leprechaun POS.
As smart as The Donald is, he is still in his first moths in office.
Not bad for someoe who never held office, to say the least.
But I pray he learned that Ryan is the bad guy
He seemed to know it all along until Jared and Ivanka got in the pciture.
They are NO FRIENDS of conservatives.
Meanwhile ryan has a nice wall around his house. That POS.
Issue an EO and I don’t care where the money comes from, build the wall.
CUT tax credits for illegals already!!! And tax money send to that rotted hellhole mexico.”
Suitable for framing.
If he keeps on (not) standing up for what we elected him to do, it will be dems taking the next election.
Trump needs to continue forward progress.
Trump needs to build the wall. NOW. Not in September.
Right now.
Don’t tell me the ‘Wall’ will get built. That is the campaign pledge. As the President, tell me the ‘Wall’ is getting built. Trump should take a shovel and head to the border and start digging a symbolic foundation - and announce a veto to any bill that doesn’t include the money.
Any delay is a dodge and a victory for the globalists.... just like delaying the appeals on judicial power grab.
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I tend to agree with you. I don’t see how this will suddenly make the Dems and RINOs support funding for a Wall six months from now. It won’t happen.
Illegal aliens will only be removed after they commit other crimes here. Just the “bad hombres”.
We should not have to wait until they harm or kill Americans.
Obama’s illegal DACA program has become Trump’s illegal DACA program and will continue giving out work permits and permission to stay.
Unless there are efforts to deny employment and benefits to illegal aliens they won’t be leaving on their own.
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