Trump is threatening a national emergency because he's scared of Ann Coulter

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By Heather Timmons 4 hours ago

US vice president Mike Pence, Congressional leaders, presidential advisor Jared Kushner, and the Secretary of Homeland Security will meet this weekend to try to hammer out a spending bill to end the US government shutdown, which is heading into its second week.

The negotiations will center, yet again, on securing funding for the border wall between the US and Mexico that Donald Trump has promised voters for years, and they’re likely to be the most difficult yet.

But as Trump demonstrated in December, softening his position means sharp criticism from the very far-right voters and commentators who have bought and spread his anti-immigrant message—and that isn’t something he can take. After Ann Coulter, the white nationalist talking head, called the president “gutless” for compromising with Democrats on wall funding to keep the government open, he did a rapid about face, leading to the current shutdown.

Now Trump’s corner is getting tighter. Early last month, Americans overwhelmingly believed he should have compromised on wall funding to avoid a shutdown. As it rolls on, federal employees are going broke, garbage is piling up in national parks, and Coulter is out for blood. Trump is “going to fold,” she predicted, while calling him a joke president.

https://qz.com/1515560/trump-is-threatening-a-national-emergency-because-hes-scared-of-ann-coulter/

[beachbum bob]

1. coulter has nothing to do with it

the last power play trump has to marginalize the democrats in the House

[solara]

2. I would agree and add

that a trump 'national emergency' could also pave the way for our so-called "Congress" (if enough 'Blue Dog Dems' are on board) to authorize a law that empowers trump to pass "emergency" laws by decree, without congressional involvement 'for the safety & good of the Nation', paving a concrete road to Martial Law which, under trump, would in all likelihood become permanent

Dystopia at its finest?