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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“Build the damn wall. It will stand even though administrations will change.”
Very good point, I was thinking the same.
..... Why is Ryan still there anyways .... and would it actually be any different if he was replaced?
I didn’t realize that Democrats ran Congress.
I thought the Republicans won the Election and the threat of a Presidential Veto was eliminated when Trump was Elected POTUS.
You have to hand it to the Democrats, they stick together no matter how ridiculous the cause and it doesn’t matter who in residing in the White House.
Democrats always influence decision making and much like having Herpes, they never really go away.
“President Trump reportedly backed off his demand that Congress include a down payment for a wall ... “
More fake news from the MSM liars. This morning President Trump tweeted that it was fake.
Bull sh*t.
The election in 2018 will not go well for the GOP with millions of discouraged voters staying home.
The wall is the fight and now, not 2018 is the time to fight it. The longer we wait the harder it becomes to win.
Fine, if no wall then the entire border should be a military training zone with the armed forces using live ammo, maybe even some bunker-busters when they suspect tunneling.
>>Paul Ryan needs to be replaced!
And Hillary should’ve been waddling in prison orange by now.
How’s that working?
Hardly.
The media is playing peek a boo, and you’re falling for it every time.
....”We have the Executive branch and the Congress”.....
Really?... Did you think the elites in the Rep. party were going to let go of their grip on power?.. They are the problem and will be until the swamp is cleared.... meanwhile we need to stop sounding like the Demorat snowflakes...crying every time things don’t go the way we think they should!
Truth is they can put ramps and turnstiles in if we don't watch them.
Maybe so but it was not fake. He said he would defer the demand that funding for the wall would be in this budget. That is exactly what the news gleefully reported.
Most of Rush's callers wanted the President to take this fight to the wall and shut down the government because they see it as an issue that will determine the next congress whether it be Ryano's or democrats.
I’m a 2 issue voter. The SCOTUS and the Wall.
So far, he’s 100% on the SCOTUS (we’ll see how the next 3 spots materialize).
If the wall don’t go through on the 1st try, that means he’s batting 50% for me.
I know politics. I know the bait and switch. I know that the sun always shines “tomorrow” in politics. I know that tomorrow means NEVER, and it means “if we just had a few more contributions! we could make this work!”
It’s now or never.
No wall, then you are batting .5 for me.
Better than Hillary for sure, but still, you might as well be Paul. I know he’d appoint an originalist AND he’s a fiscal conservative.
Sorry, I been on the Trump train since day ONE. This, one is getting my goat.
Crossing my fingers that the #FakeNews has this one wrong as well.
Not just Ryan. At least 80% of GOP Congressmen are pro-amnesty.
We need to replace almost the entire GOP delegation in Congress.
Even here on FR, we have a lot of conservatives making excuses for voting for the bad open borders lovers like Rubio.
Had conservatives made immigration a litmus test issue like so many do with abortion, we wouldn’t be having this problem now.
“Trump should uncover a few of Ryan’s felonies and destroy him.”
Post of the day.
We KNOW he’s dirty !
It's not "Trumpcare," it's Ryancare.
Agree. This is the hill to fight for.
Yep, Trump caved, and Schumer is crowing about how he laid down an ultimatum and won.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to be used to pay for the President's border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
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