[Political Junkie Too]

As far as spending only in September, don’t you think that building can start sooner, with a previously worked-out contract ready to be signed, and payments made, on 9/1/19?

From the bill:

“Prior to use of any funds made available by this Act for the construction of physical barriers within the city limits of any city or census designated place described in subsection (c), the Department of Homeland Security and the local elected officials of such a city or census designated place shall confer and seek to reach mutual agreement regarding the design and alignment of physical barriers within that city or the census designated place (as the case may be). Such consultations shall continue until September 30, 2019 (or until agreement is reached, if earlier) and may be extended beyond that date by agreement of the parties, and no funds made available in this Act shall be used for such construction while consultations are continuing.”

The local communities in the bill were cherry-picked to be Democrat strongholds and will never agree during the "conferring" period, and the President is forbidden to use the funds during the "conferring" period.

Trump is effectively banned from using the money in the bill.

-PJ

[Ancesthntr]

Which:

1) He will expose to the public; and

2) He will do an end-run around with the declaration of emergency.

He can also completely disrupt life in those towns and counties by ordering military units to go there, set up road blocks, etc., etc.

Don’t think that Trump’s tool are limited, nor that he’s afraid to use them. This guy never gives up - you may, if you’re very bright or lucky, throw him for a loop...but he’ll keep coming back at you until you see it in your best interest to give up or compromise. The Dems really have never seen the likes of Trump before.

[Ancesthntr]

See this article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3728054/posts

He has about $21 billion available to use from military funds.