Trump Shifts $7.2 billion to Border Wall. Liberal Heads Explode Everywhere

[Meister]

This is hilarious.

Washington Post: Donald Trump Will Transfer $7.2 Billion for Border Wall

Trump steals money from our troops & Trumpettes love it.

Steals? Really?

Congress gave it to the military. You're orange hero took it. Another example of Trumpettes supporting Trump trashing our troops.

I'm sure when Congress tapped in to the Social Security piggy bank you were butthurt about that, too. Yes, no doubt you were, I've been
looking for some of your posts relaying your anger....still looking.

 

[Ringtone]

The orange whore has no right to do this. He is stealing. This money has already been earmarked by Congress for other expenditures. Waste of money. The whore's wall will not be built.

KABOOM

 

[MAGAman]

The orange whore has no right to do this. He is stealing. This money has already been earmarked by Congress for other expenditures. Waste of money. The whore's wall will not be built.

Nope.

Sux for you to be so filled with hatred of America.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Does Trump need to bow to the words in the Constitution?

He does, every day he does not have Pelosi arrested for Treason.

Does the Constitution allow Trump to appropriate funds?

Yes, it allows the President to collect funds by various means like tariffs and fines and fees.

It also allows him to shift money around in an emergency, as this is all established under existing law.

Donald Trump doesn't need Congress' approval to build border wall

This typical Washington gridlock is surmountable because Trump can build the wall on his own.

A week ago, the White House put out a call to federal agencies to look for “pots of money” in their existing budgets that could be cobbled together to pay for border wall construction. Immediately, Sen. John Thune, the Republican whip in the upper chamber, shot down the idea of shifting funds from executive departments to the border, saying, “I’m not a big fan of moving money.” Like it or not, there are sources of revenue in the executive branch that the president has authority to use without congressional approval.

The Department of Agriculture has about $200 billion in outstanding loans for rural development projects such as community buildings, bridges, roads, fire stations, police stations, water projects and barriers such as fencing and walls. These federal loans to local communities have low default rates that are attractive to private-sector investors because they represent large, reliable cash flows — the kind of investments that big money funds desperately desire.

About $50-100 billion worth currently held by USDA are very marketable and attractive commercial paper investments. The rights to collect the remainder of the debt on these loans could be sold to private parties who would pay a premium for such a steady stream of cash payments. The sales would give a profit cushion to the government and alleviate taxpayers from any future risk of nonpayment while retaining certain borrower guarantees.

For example, Trump could authorize the sale of $10 billion of USDA rural water loans on the secondary market, which could bring in a lump sum payment of $12 billion or more. Revenue from these proceeds could be directed to build the border wall.

Legal authority comes from many angles. Obama stimulus loans (approximately $2-$5 billion) could be separated out and used because they involved “no year” money, meaning the funds don’t expire if not spent in a certain time frame. The president could tap into USDA’s Community Facilities Programs money if recouped funds from the sale were used for new loans to cooperating communities on the border, such as in Texas.

Another option would be to utilize funds in the same way USDA undertakes in-kind swaps with private parties to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commodities and services. This would entail swapping the proceeds of the commercial paper sales for the wall, with construction companies being the counterparties.

These are only a few creative funding avenues that could be explored, some less complicated than others. Such an aggressive approach is a sure way for Trump to regain the initiative and get the attention of lawmakers who have an interest in killing any threat to their control over spending, thus giving the president leverage in negotiations as pressure mounts to end the shutdown.

While the Constitution gives Congress power over the government’s purse strings, presidents of both parties have pushed the limits of their flexibility to use executive-branch funds free of congressional micromanagement. President George W. Bush was criticized for keeping billions in war spending off the books so it could be diverted to secret operations free from congressional oversight.​

So yes, the President can raise funding for various projects even if Congresscritters are being ass hats about it.

And it is all CONSTITUTIONAL!

 

[Lysistrata]

The orange whore has no right to do this. He is stealing. This money has already been earmarked by Congress for other expenditures. Waste of money. The whore's wall will not be built.

Don't you just love it when the ABNORMALS state shit that has absolutely nothing to do with reality....especially when a radical leftist lesbian bitches!....ROTFLMFAO!

They're always very big on rules when they're not in power. Let them gain Power and the rulebook goes right out the window.

The rules have never gone out the window until the orange whore was sworn in. I'm talking about the separation of powers between the three branches of government, legal rules of procedure, rule-making rules (Administrative Procedure Act), transparency of each branch, full disclosure, and reporting directly to the American People. When you get a subpoena, you fucking turn up. When Congress earmarks spending for a specific purpose, it has been the rule from the git-go that the funds are not spent in any other way. The orange whore is stealing.

Giuliani himself is interesting. He better turn up. He is a private citizen with no government post whatsoever, he does not have a security clearance, and he may have been representing himself both overseas and here as a representative of the Government of the United States.

There is no excuse for avoiding accountability.

 

[Olde Europe]

Then-candidate Obama promised Gitmo be closed, the detainees transferred to the mainland to be tried there.

Then President Obama faced a Congress that allocated no funds for the transfers.

President Obama then found a billion here, a billion there, and repurposed these funds to transfer the detainees, defying Congress's will.

Righardia erupted in howls over the "lawless administration".

Except... President Obama did no such thing, but Righardia still erupted in howls over the "lawless administration".

Yeah, "The Wall". The only substantial campaign promise, and everybody knows its only function is to appease the xenophobes of the white-supremacist alt-right. That would be the folks stumped by the very concept of a "ladder". So, that would be billions of dollars wasted on a miles-long campaign ad - funds stolen from the troops to improve their housing etc. Rightardia is so pleased with their "lawless administration".

 

[justoffal]

The orange whore has no right to do this. He is stealing. This money has already been earmarked by Congress for other expenditures. Waste of money. The whore's wall will not be built.

He-he, there's a liberal head exploding!

It is the job of Congress to allocate funds, not the executive branch. Look it up. The executive branch of government cannot negate the legislative branch of government.

Fuck congress. The are corrupt pieces of shit


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^^^ How the Enabling Act passed in Nazi Germany.

Yeah well right now you better be worried about Bernie....his staffers want to asassinate CNN and MSNBC hosts then they want a red China Style re-education process..
Clean your own house first.

Jo

 

[MAGAman]

Congress gave it to the military. You're orange hero took it. Another example of Trumpettes supporting Trump trashing our troops.

Nope.

1. The Congress allocates $, it doesn't give $. (Its not their $.) But that's a minor point.

2. Specifically, the funds are allocated to protect Americans and the Executive Branch (AKA Trump) has latitude, especially when countering the flood of drugs coming across the border that kill Americans by the 10,000s.

Sux for you the Americans being protected triggers you so.

 

[rightwinger]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

 

[MAGAman]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?

Really?

I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

 

[justoffal]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?

Really?

I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Yeah....suddenly the military matters.

Jo

 

[rightwinger]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?

Really?

I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Our brave military will have to make do with less so that Trump can build his monument to stupidity

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

The border wall has already saved the American taxpayers MORE than 7.2 billion in support aid to illegals.

Talk about making progressive heads explode.
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.My New Signature......

Ask her about FDR
She has me on ignore

Smart Girl !

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?
Really?
I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Imagine if the left ever wins the WH, Senate and Congress again......

We're talking a National Disaster of epic proportions just waiting to happen.
Goodbye USA,....Hello Venezuela North

 

[rightwinger]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?
Really?
I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Imagine if the left ever wins the WH, Senate and Congress again......

We're talking a National Disaster of epic proportions just waiting to happen.
Goodbye USA,....Hello Venezuela North

Cats and Dogs, living together
Mass Hysteria

 

[justoffal]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?

Really?

I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Our brave military will have to make do with less so that Trump can build his monument to stupidity

Soldier's were just given raise. 7 Billion is a bucket drop in the Pentagon budget.


Jo

 

[Persistence Of Memory]

This is hilarious.

Washington Post: Donald Trump Will Transfer $7.2 Billion for Border Wall

You mean $7.2 billion American dollars, right?

Money will flow from Mexico once this trade deal replaces that killer one. Mexico will pay for the wall. You people can't understand that. But I know, a straw on a raging river.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

You can easily tell when you've got a snowflake triggered.......
They'll stalk you around the forum marking your posts "funny"

That's when you KNOW you've got em triggered.

 

[justoffal]

This is hilarious.

Washington Post: Donald Trump Will Transfer $7.2 Billion for Border Wall

You mean $7.2 billion American dollars, right?

Money will flow from Mexico once this trade deal replaces that killer one. Mexico will pay for the wall. You people can't understand that. But I know, a straw on a raging river.

They actually do understand but choose to be obtuse because it suits them.

Jo

 

[rightwinger]

Trump takes money from our military to build a monument to stupidity

Partsan fake outrage over military funding?

Really?

I wish Democrats that try that hack lie could be on camera when asked to support supplemental military funding to replace it.

Our brave military will have to make do with less so that Trump can build his monument to stupidity

Soldier's were just given raise. 7 Billion is a bucket drop in the Pentagon budget.


Jo

Ask a soldier what he would do with $7 billion