by Byron York
by Bassam Tawil
Trump arguably misstepped when he told “scumbag-Chuck and Nancy” in their December meeting that he’d happily take responsibility for a shutdown. That sound bite only made blaming him for the shutdown easier for the media. Two other factors strengthened the Dems’ position. First, Trump Derangement Syndrome means anything Trump pitches — and he campaigned heavily on a “big, beautiful wall,” paid for by Mexico — is anathema. Second, Pulosi had taken to calling a border wall “immoral,” and there is simply no compromise when an issue has been made that black and white.
So what was Trump’s play in forcing the shutdown? He’s been floating an emergency declaration since December, but he couldn’t do it out of the blue. He needed to provethat the border is in a state of emergency. Over the course of the last five weeks, Trump showed just how intractable and entrenched Democrats really are, leaving him with no other recourse but to declare an emergency. Trump looked like the reasonable one by agreeing to a deal that included nothing he wanted, and Pulosi’s approval/disapproval spread is far worse than Trump’s. In fact, Trump’s support among Hispanics is up 19% in just one month.
Granted, declaring an emergency isn’t a clean play either. With 31 active emergencies on the books, Trump has a case. But Democrats will immediately challenge him in court, specifically where an activist scumbag/liar-nObama judge will block him, and such a declaration could set a precedent for a President lowlife-Kamala Harris to tackle climate change with an emergency declaration. Moreover, it’s likely such a move by Trump would actually divide Republicans more than defeat Democrats.
Speaking of that, where was the congressional GOP in all of this? Senate Republicans couldn’t have been clearer about their disinterest in backing Trump. Recall too that the GOP controlled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue for the previous two years and did nothing about the border. Was immigration not an emergency then? Border security was Trump’s signature issue, but his administration did little to push a legislative effort until the GOP had lost the House. And Congress cared little for doing anything without his leadership. We’ll borrow one of Trump’s favorite words to describe this collective lack of effort: “Sad!”
Republicans also had unified control of Washington from 2001-2006. They did little on immigration. Democrats held power in 2009 and 2010. They did nothing — well, except take over the health and financial sectors of the economy. We’re left to conclude that both parties believe they benefit not from solving the major national problem of immigration but by exploiting it for political purposes.
A final note: Trump wanted $5.7 billion for a border barrier, while Washington University professor Liberty Vittert estimates the shutdown cost the American public approximately $40 billion — enough to pay for “the entire wall to be built and maintained for 40 years.” A more conservative estimate by the Congressional Budget Office still puts the economic toll at $11 billion, including $3 billion that’s permanent.
~The Patriot Post
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Comments
Bonnie
You said in a nut shell. I do hope he will open the flood gates at the sotu speech.
I BELIEVE HE ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN WE SEE
HE HAS EXPOSED THE DEMS FOR WHAT THEY ARE
LIARS AND HYPOCRITES WILLING TO DESTROY THE NATION B/C OF THEIR HATE OF
HIM.
NOW WHAT; THE SOTU SPEECH IS COMING AND HE HAS THE BULLY PULPIT AND IS
GOING TO MAKE THEM EVER REGRET THEY TOOK HIM ON OVER THIS. I HOPE HE
HAS ALL OF THE ANGEL MOMS AND FAMILIES THERE I AM LOOKING FWD TO HIM
MAKING THE DEMS LOOK LIKE THE AMERICA HATERS THEY ARE HE HAS WON
AND NANCY WILL SOON KNOW THAT.
MANY OF THE DEMS WERE TELLING HER GIVE HIM THE MONEY SHE CANNOT
SHE WON'T MAKE HERSELF LOOK WEAK BUT THE PRES DOES NOT CARE THEY
HATE HIM ANYWAY.