If Trump can declare an emergency to build wall, why did he shut down gov't?

[Hamlette]

Why didn't he do it 2 years ago, 4 months ago when the caravan was coming, 2 weeks ago before people went without pay?

Did I miss the explanation of that?

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[herding cats]

2. It's the art of the deal?

He just wants his wall to appease his extremist conservative media supporters.

I keep feeling like Trump is trying to resuscitate a DOA patient almost three weeks after they were pronounced dead. Except he's willing to destroy another million plus lives just to zap them one more time with the paddles to try and bring them back.

[AlexSFCA]

3. he wants dems to surrender and give him his wall

so he can brag about his political power.

[GReedDiamond]

4. Good question, which means we'll never get an honest answer...

...from these motherfuckers.

[Crowman2009]

5. Because he's a f***in' idiot.

He's also probably hopped up on whatever powder he's addicted to at the moment.

[lunatica]

6. Someone figured out he tells an average of 18 lies a day

So it’s a safe bet to just assume he’s lying.

It’s just too crazy to try to figure out which of his tatements are one of the 18 lies!

[durablend]

7. Punishing the country for voting for Democrats

Surprised he hasn't come right out and said it yet.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. He really didn't... yet. TURTLE and EDDIE MUNSTER shut the government down

by not allowing bipartisan appropriations bills a vote. If they had allowed these bills to be voted on and passed and Drumpf VETOED them, THEN the shutdown would be at the WH's feet.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Bannon, Miller, Limbaugh, Coulter all want the government shut down.

Create chaos.

Susan Sarandon is probably enjoying this, too. '"Bring the revolution".

[struggle4progress]

10. "Simple! Since the border is such a crisis, we've decided not to pay border patrol agents!"

[Vinca]

11. We're in the second season and this is the blockbuster opener.

I say we encourage him to declare his silly emergency, open government, then take his orange ass to court and make an even bigger fool of him.

[rsdsharp]

12. He was asked about declaring a national emergency by a reporter at the Rose Garden press conference

late last week. I don't think he'd never heard of it, let alone thought of it, before that moment.

[Hamlette]

13. yeah, I saw that, but now a reporter should ask "why now?"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. Right

They need to stop even putting those kind of ideas in his head.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Nope

there was no explanation given. And no explanation will be forthcoming either, unfortunately.