{"id":1003572,"date":"2019-02-01T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003572"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:03","slug":"trump-prepared-to-declare-national-emergency-over-a-wall-his-own-administration-says-is-ineffective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-prepared-to-declare-national-emergency-over-a-wall-his-own-administration-says-is-ineffective\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Prepared To Declare National Emergency Over A Wall His Own Administration Says Is Ineffective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump is not interested in negotiating a bipartisan deal for effective border security or preventing another government shutdown. Instead, Trump has said repeatedly that he is ready to declare a national emergency over his unnecessary border wall. Even Trump\u2019s own administration and top intelligence officials have made it clear that Trump\u2019s border wall is ineffective.<\/p>\n

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In an interview yesterday, Trump called bipartisan negotiations \u201ca waste of time\u201d and said he\u2019s \u201cset the stage\u201d to declare a national emergency.<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cIf she doesn\u2019t approve a wall, the rest of it\u2019s just a waste of money and time and energy because it\u2019s, it\u2019s desperately needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve set the table. I\u2019ve set the stage for doing what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cI think it\u2019s a waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At a White House event earlier in the day yesterday, Trump said that he would declare a national emergency if he did not get his wall.<\/p>\n

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Question: \u201cMr. President, will you declare a national emergency if there\u2019s no money for the wall?\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>: \u00a0\u201cI would do that.\u00a0 I would do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The White House released its National Drug Control Strategy, which does not mention the need for a border wall to combat drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

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New York Times\u2019 Julie Davis<\/a>: \u201cWhite House just released Nat’l Drug Control strategy<\/a> & it does not once mention wall\/physical barrier as a means of combating drug trafficking. Talks about need for better air & maritime monitoring, improved interdiction of drugs sent thru mail\/\u2018express consignment carriers\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s top intelligence chiefs indicated earlier this week that the border wall is not a national security necessity.<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cPerhaps the strongest rebuke of Mr. Trump\u2019s security priorities comes in what is missing from the threat assessment: any rationale for building a wall along the southwestern border, which Mr. Trump has advertised as among the most critical security threats facing the United States. The first mention of Mexico and drug cartels comes on Page 18 of the 42-page report, well after a range of other, more pressing threats are reviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump is not interested in negotiating a bipartisan deal for effective border security or preventing another government shutdown. Instead, Trump has said repeatedly that he is ready to declare a national emergency over his unnecessary border wall. Even Trump\u2019s own administration and top intelligence officials have made it clear that Trump\u2019s border wall is ineffective. 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