National Emergency... I thought that was Obama's thing...

[adrina]

linky

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering using emergency powers which would allow him to use military funding to build a wall on the US-Mexico border, saying "I can do it if I want."

"We can call a national emergency because of the security ... I haven't done it. I may do it but we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly," he said during remarks in the White House Rose Garden.

Trump has repeatedly talked about declaring a national emergency in recent months but hasn't followed through yet, allowing the government to shut down over funding the wall rather than declaring one.

"The idea that President Trump is considering declaring a phony national emergency as a pretext to take billions of dollars away from our troops and defense priorities in order to pay for his wall should alarm all Americans," Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said in a statement.

"Declaring a trumped up national emergency in order to skirt congressional approval is wrong. And our troops and taxpayers should not bear the burden of a broken, preposterous campaign promise," he said.

One more for the IOKIYAR pile.

I'm sure that the resident deplorables will have all kinds of explanations for this "emergency".

 

[von_Bismarck]

Granted that Godwinizing a discussion is to be avoided when appropriate, but when Trump starts talking about invoking national emergencies to usurp the democratic process, I start thinking the phrase Orange Hitler.

 

[Oblimo]

He's no Orange Hitler.

He's Cheeto Musolini.

 

[adrina]

linky

President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue to stall, a White House official told CNN on Saturday.

While not the administration's preferred plan, the use of emergency powers to fund the wall "provides a way out" amid a series of contentious meetings and disagreements among Department of Homeland Security officials and Democratic lawmakers over basic facts related to border security, the official said.

"We can only stay like this for so long," said the official, who attended both meetings with congressional officials at the White House led by Trump this week, explaining that factual disputes have hung up discussions.

As the partial government shutdown enters a third week over the funding dispute, Trump has publicly said he would reject any plan that includes less than $5.6 billion for a border wall. The President acknowledged the possibility of using emergency powers to fund the wall during remarks in the Rose Garden on Friday, saying "we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country."

"I haven't done it. I may do it," Trump said. "We can call a national emergency and build it very quickly."

Mmmm hmmmmm.

 

[Dribble]

Donald doesn't understand how long we can tie up his stupidity in the Courts. Two more years is nothing. Let him declare an "emergency". Bring it dumb fucks. Mexico ain't paying for shit...including any of the legal fights...you will

 

[adrina]

"I may declare a national emergency dependent on what's going to happen over the next few days," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Camp David.

A White House official told CNN on Saturday that Trump was leaning towards declaring a national emergency to use military funding for his wall. Trump has demanded Congress appropriate money for the wall, and his dispute with Democrats over the issue pushed the government into an ongoing partial shutdown.

linky

 

[Hal9000_]

HIS refusal to pass a budget is the emergency.

Trump had a chance to get 25 Billion Dollars for his wall!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-his-goal-of-building-a-border-wall-slip-away

 

[Wrong Element]

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=631553

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

With the Clintons, everything was a crisis.

 

[adrina]

oh look....

President Donald Trump said he is nearing a decision to declare a national emergency on the southern border, which he was visiting in person Thursday despite earlier reservations about taking the trip.

The President warned as he departed the White House he would take the step -- which would be subject to immediate legal challenge -- if talks with Democrats continue to crumble. Trump stormed out of a meeting with Democratic leaders a day earlier, insisting they weren't ready to deal.

The standoff has prompted a partial government shutdown that has now stretched 20 days. Many federal workers will miss their first paychecks on Friday.

"If this doesn't work out, probably I will do it, I would almost say definitely," Trump said. "This is a national emergency."

 

[someoneyouknow]

It's such a national emergency the con artist and Republicans never got the funding through in the last two years when they had control of both houses of Congress and the White House.

 

[Aglaopheme]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/15/9d/85159d0944987108eb087571ca51ab9a.jpg

 

[adrina]

linky

South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham issued a statement Thursday calling for President Donald Trump to invoke national emergency powers to fund his border wall.

"Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi's refusal to negotiate on funding for a border wall/barrier -- even if the government were to be reopened -- virtually ends the congressional path to funding for a border wall/barrier," Graham said in a statement. "It is time for President Trump to use emergency powers to fund the construction of a border wall/barrier."

The statement from the key Trump ally came shortly after Graham said efforts to forge a deal with congressional Democrats had fallen flat.

The republicans are now encouraging unilateral executive action over legislative action. Of course. Conscious of convenience.

 

[trysail]

For FIFTY (50) fucking years, the goddamn politicians have promised to do something to end ILLEGAL immigration.


For FIFTY (50) fucking years, they haven't done a goddamned thing except yap, temporize, hem, haw and mumble.






Cui Bono?
by Willis Eschenbach

https://rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/cui-bono/

"...The main group that loses from illegal immigration are black Americans. Estimates are that there are around eight MILLION illegal aliens working in the US today. Illegal aliens tend to take low-skilled and entry-level jobs. And sadly, the main group of Americans in those jobs are black Americans. The presence of millions of illegal aliens means that many of those jobs are no longer available for Americans. The jobs are filled by people willing to work for a place to sleep and the smell of an oily rag …


However, black people are not the only Americans harmed by illegal immigration. It also affects two other major groups—legal immigrants and teenagers. Those are the two other large groups who take entry-level and low-skilled jobs. Like black people, these folks are being squeezed out of jobs that by rights should be theirs by millions of illegal aliens.

Finally, there is a third group who loses big from the presence of illegal aliens. They are the victims of the following charming class of people...

The people kidnapped, the women and girls trafficked, the dead homicide victims, the women and children who were raped … they are the biggest losers from the presence of illegal aliens. And while it is true that Americans also commit those crimes, the crimes listed above are preventable, simply by tightening up our borders.

Those are the groups who gain and the groups who lose due to illegal immigration. In simplest terms, the presence of people who are here illegally means that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer..."


more:
https://rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/cui-bono/


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[adrina]

So because a global warming skeptic (who else would you read?) agrees with the alternative facts put out by this administration, you support unilateral executive action even though the majority of US citizens do not agree with it.

Groovy.

Noted.

 

[Hal9000_]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/15/9d/85159d0944987108eb087571ca51ab9a.jpg

...sat on his wall.

All his Trumpettes, and all his threats,

Couldn't explain Donnie's Wall , based on merits!

 

[RobDownSouth]

So because a global warming skeptic (who else would you read?) agrees with the alternative facts put out by this administration, you support unilateral executive action even though the majority of US citizens do not agree with it.

Groovy.

Noted.

That's been Trysail's raison d'etre since she's been here.

 

[jomar]

If Trump goes the National Emergency route he might “win” building a wall (emphasis on might) but he loses bigly either way because the master negotiator has no clothes.

 

[someoneyouknow]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/5891f3499421c29cd738731a41e1e110/tumblr_pl4ewmYRWi1qzssc1_500.jpg

 

[trysail]

So because a global warming skeptic (who else would you read?) agrees with the alternative facts put out by this administration, you support unilateral executive action even though the majority of US citizens do not agree with it.

Groovy.

Noted.

An ad hominem response.

Groovy.

Noted.


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[Aglaopheme]

And when a Democrat is sitting in the Whitehouse and they actually go after your guns in the name of a crisis?

That’d be groovy.

 

[Counselor706]

And when a Democrat is sitting in the Whitehouse and they actually go after your guns in the name of a crisis?

That’d be groovy.

"Groovy" would be you harnessing those speed bags.

 

[Aglaopheme]

An imaginary friend. How quaint lancerace.

 

[bigsly]

And when a Democrat is sitting in the Whitehouse and they actually go after your guns in the name of a crisis?

That’d be groovy.

Actually, that'd be bloodshed.

 

[Kirkrapine]

For FIFTY (50) fucking years, the goddamn politicians have promised to do something to end ILLEGAL immigration.


For FIFTY (50) fucking years, they haven't done a goddamned thing except yap, temporize, hem, haw and mumble.​

Actually, they have done a great deal of deporting.​