Trump would be correct to assert a national emergency in order to build the wall

[sawyerloggingon]

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Then why didn’t trump declare an emergency 2 years ago? Was he derelict of duty?

The first emergency was the economy. Now that is up and running and he can focus on the next emergency. Would have been nice if he could do everything at once but unfortunately in DC that's not realistic.

The economy was in good shape when Trump became president. So that’s not a legit excuse. Not to mention, it’s not like Trump could only focus on one or the other. He could have worked on both. And if this was truly an emergency, he should have formally declared it as such 2 years ago.

Derelict of duty?

Economy was stagnant and was heading south as Obama economic policy took hold. Trump had to focus on that first and now he has the opportunity to get illegal immigration under control. He's a businessman and knows how to prioritize for optimum results.

Trump has been surfing the Obama economic tide

Actually the tide was going out on Obama and his last full quarter GDP was down to 1.9%.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

If you had people breaking into your house demanding to be a member of your family and demanding you feed them and provide a place to sleep and medical care would you call 911 or just say come on in?

I’d probably call 9/11. I wouldn’t want someone to call it a national emergency.

We’ve had the same situation, more or less, since the 1960’s or so…and for the first 2 years of the blob’s reign…. At no point during that time did we ever have a national emergency.

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

He's president not dictator and you do what you can when you can politically in a democratic republic.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

I’d probably call 9/11. I wouldn’t want someone to call it a national emergency.

We’ve had the same situation, more or less, since the 1960’s or so…and for the first 2 years of the blob’s reign…. At no point during that time did we ever have a national emergency.

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

in the current budget he's only asking for sections of barriers that the border patrol has identified as stretches where they need these structures to help them do their job. He's not asking for "the fucking wall".

 

[sawyerloggingon]

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

 

[Correll]

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

 

[K9Buck]

Border arrests up 85% from same time last year.

Border arrests up 85 percent over same period last year: US Customs and Border Protection

 

[Vandalshandle]

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

saw

Saw, only congress can close Gitmo.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

If Trump is forced to declare a national emergency that may well happen and may be the only way for it to happen.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

No excuses. We just don't want it for at least a dozen common sense reasons, For one thing, it has been reported that Mexicans ha discovered the ladder.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

saw

Saw, only congress can close Gitmo.

And only Congress can fund the wall.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

If Trump is forced to declare a national emergency that may well happen and may be the only way for it to happen.

A national emergency? Has his favorite golf course flooded? There are plenty of illegal immigrants who can fix that for him.

 

[Correll]

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

No excuses. We just don't want it for at least a dozen common sense reasons, For one thing, it has been reported that Mexicans ha discovered the ladder.

The time for talk was done decades ago. BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

 

[Correll]

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

If Trump is forced to declare a national emergency that may well happen and may be the only way for it to happen.

A national emergency? Has his favorite golf course flooded? There are plenty of illegal immigrants who can fix that for him.

Irrelevant. BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

saw

Saw, only congress can close Gitmo.

And only Congress can fund the wall.

Exactly.

 

[Vandalshandle]

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

No excuses, BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

If Trump is forced to declare a national emergency that may well happen and may be the only way for it to happen.

A national emergency? Has his favorite golf course flooded? There are plenty of illegal immigrants who can fix that for him.

Irrelevant. BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

No problem. Mexico says that the check is in the mail.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

A fair point, but not a reason to not BUILD THE FUCKING WALL.

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

saw

Saw, only congress can close Gitmo.

And only Congress can fund the wall.

Exactly.

Well not exactly. Trump can declare a national emergency to fund border barriers and he may have to do just that.

 

[candycorn]

I’d probably call 9/11. I wouldn’t want someone to call it a national emergency.

We’ve had the same situation, more or less, since the 1960’s or so…and for the first 2 years of the blob’s reign…. At no point during that time did we ever have a national emergency.

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

He's president not dictator and you do what you can when you can politically in a democratic republic.

Really? Interesting.

So you’re saying he can’t declare an emergency?

 

[sawyerloggingon]

It's an emergency now precisely because it has been going on so long. We are the frog in ever warming water that's reaching the boiling point and we have to immediately jump out or die.

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

He's president not dictator and you do what you can when you can politically in a democratic republic.

Really? Interesting.

So you’re saying he can’t declare an emergency?

He can but it's a last resort and it looks like he may have to.

 

[candycorn]

As soon as Mexico sends the money.

Maybe we could use the money Obama saved by closing GITMO. Oh wait, he never did that did he. Nevermind.

saw

Saw, only congress can close Gitmo.

And only Congress can fund the wall.

Exactly.

Well not exactly. Trump can declare a national emergency to fund border barriers and he may have to do just that.

Earlier you said

"He's president not dictator and you do what you can when you can politically in a democratic republic.”

So…which is it; he couldn’t declare an emergency because you said he’s President and now you’re saying he can declare a national emergency?

 

[candycorn]

Really...So this became a national emergency under Trump?

Trump recognized what others ignored so in that sense yes it did.

Really? Interesting

So the fact of the matter is that the blob let this emergency fester for 2 years and one month before he did anything; right?

And he still has not done anything.

He's president not dictator and you do what you can when you can politically in a democratic republic.

Really? Interesting.

So you’re saying he can’t declare an emergency?

He can but it's a last resort and it looks like he may have to.

Which is my question….

If it was an “emergency”, he would have campaigned on it in 2015, 2016 and declared it on 1/20/2017.
Emergencies are things that can’t wait.
He’s waited 2+ years.