There's a different between the two. Bush I said, "read my lips", then he went against what he said. He signed the bill that had tax increases. He did not have to. He could have said I'm sticking to my pledge and veto it; send it back to Congress. In Trump's case, he hasn't had a bill to sign on the wall. F'n Congress won't get off the dime. If a wall isn't built, it's not Trump's fault, unless he changes the priority. I do agree that he should take the case to the people and say, "I'm doing all I can with this Congress, but I need your help"...and put troops on the border and when the media and libs scream about that, let Trump say, "I'll take the troops off the border when I get XX dollars to build the wall, stop chain migration, etc., etc.".
> If a wall isn’t built, it’s not Trump’s fault <
With most programs, that’s true. If the Congress won’t authorize the money, the president can do little.
But this case is different. As Freepers Hojczyk and Mr. K both said, troops on the border can be used in place of a wall. And as C-in-C, Trump can order this without Congress’ permission.
If the border is still porous in 2020, Trump will own that failure.