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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,204 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 04:04 PM Feb 2019

Trump: 'Good chance' I will declare emergency to build wall

Trump said Friday there is a “good chance” he will declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to do that,” Trump told reporters in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

The president suggested he may reveal more details about his plan to build the wall in Tuesday's State of the Union address, saying people should “listen closely” to the speech.

Trump’s comments provide one of the clearest signs yet he may act on his own to build the wall, as his frustration builds with congressional Democrats over their determination to block one of his core campaign promises.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428064-trump-good-chance-i-will-declare-emergency-to-build-wall?userid=229233

Sixty percent or say declaring an emergency to build the wall is a stupid idea.

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Trump: 'Good chance' I will declare emergency to build wall (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
Good news! He says he will? That means he won't. Squinch Feb 2019 #1
correction: Good chance I declare national emergency and never build wall anyway Johonny Feb 2019 #2
Bad Idea jeans commercial material Blue Owl Feb 2019 #3
He's trolling for ratings. Tune in and find out. C_U_L8R Feb 2019 #4
Empty barrel. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2019 #5
Good, looking forward to when we win the White House and declare ooky Feb 2019 #6
Donnie, that ship sailed long ago. rsdsharp Feb 2019 #7
He would immediately lose in court Bayard Feb 2019 #8
The national emergency being that he really wants this monument to Trump built world wide wally Feb 2019 #9

ooky

(8,929 posts)
6. Good, looking forward to when we win the White House and declare
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 04:12 PM
Feb 2019

climate change a national emergency.

First thing will be to shut down the Koch brothers' climate destroying operations.

rsdsharp

(9,202 posts)
7. Donnie, that ship sailed long ago.
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 04:13 PM
Feb 2019

You've been bleating about the wall ever since Roger Stone spelled it for you as a mnemonic device to help you to remember to talk about all the scary brown people. Something is either an emergency, or it's not. If it was, you should have declared an emergency the day you took office, or at least the day you realized you couldn't get money to build the wall from a Republican Congress. You didn't. The courts will notice that failure when the injunction suits are filed.

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