Donald Trump is claiming a national emergency on the southern border with Mexico, even though there is no crisis of terrorists trying to cross the border, based on government statistics.
In fact, only SIX people were picked up at the border with Mexico in the first six months of 2018.
This “national emergency” is about Donald Trump wanting to please his 35 percent base of supporters on the building of a wall which is impractical, ineffective, and will cause a tremendous government expense in the tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, when Trump said Mexico would pay for the Wall.
Rightfully, Mexico has refused, so now Trump wants Americans to bear the burden of a wall, which in many areas, would not logistically be possible, in areas of desert, mountains, and waterways.
Rather, the answer is technology, drones, and more personnel on the boundary.
Meanwhile, government workers are being victimized by having no pay during the government shutdown, and many vendors at government sites are being put out of business, Meanwhile, native Americans and the poor are being denied food stamps and health care, and we will see a rise in deaths due to this government shutdown, soon to be the longest in American history, and totally unnecessary and outrageous.
It is time for the Republicans in the Senate to move to open up the government, as closing the government is a disaster that accomplishes nothing, and the only way the GOP has any chance to keep the Senate majority in 2020 is by demonstrating independence from the President, who likely will be gone before the year 2020 arrives.
Already, discontent with the stalemate has been voiced by Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Cory Gardner of Colorado, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Today, Trump threw a tantrum and walked out of the meeting he was having with Chuck and Nancy.
He’s also blaming California for the wildfires that occurred there and claims he will withhold FEMA aid for victims.
Here’s why Trump was mad today:
Chuck and Nancy got higher ratings than him.
https://www.axios.com/tuesdays-democrat-response-had-higher-ratings-than-trumps-address–2375f626-0771-4c31-af66-fe8f58777145.html
From what the press is saying, Mueller’s may be finishing up his report in February. That’s going to be another fight Trump is going to be having.
If anyone wants to understand this White House, turn off Wolf Blitzer and pick up Benjamin Spock’s parenting book. Tells you all you need to know about how to deal with toddlers and their temper tantrums.
By the way, this editorial cartoon is perfect! https://twitter.com/MacMcKinseyIV/status/1083124762769973248/photo/1
Trump can get away with this because of timing. If we were in January 2020, rather than January 2019, it would be better remembered come Election Day, November 3, 2020.
I think people can also question—on the issue of timing—why Trump, if he wants that wall so badly, did not do it while his Republican Party were still the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives. (That is worth some thought.)
Trump is just doing this as distraction.