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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
See, I was thinking that legal concerns weren't the issue (emergency powers in the US go a scarily long way, see the debate years ago about an Internet "kill switch") but rather the concern that if Trump can randomly embezzle money to fund his wall, so can any future Democratic president do the same thing with their own pet projects.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanBuzzfeed News is actually a pretty quality journalism outfit — they've broken major stories before. They're the ones who actually published the Steele Dossier in full, for example. They also published the story about Breitbart using Milo Yiannopoulos as a cutout to solicit articles from white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and were the first to report on the sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey.
The dumb internet meme side of the company funds the legit journalism going on in another department.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.The official told CNN that Trump's idea is to put something on the table to get Democrats to engage with negotiations. Trump is not expected to back down from his demand for a border wall, but the plan will seek to entice Democrats by offering other concessions.
However, this plan is not based on negotiations with Democrats and White House officials are pessimistic that it will change much in stalled talks, because Democrats have previously refused to counter the White House's proposal. Instead they have insisted that the President reopen the government, then engage in negotiations over border security.
The official added that discussions about a national emergency are ongoing in the administration and the President is not expected to announce a decision on that during Saturday's speech. However, nothing is definite until it's announced by the President.
Trump announced earlier Friday evening that he would be making a statement to the nation at 3 p.m. Saturday from the White House. The speech will come on the 29th day of the government shutdown, which began last month when congressional Democrats and Trump failed to reach a deal to fund roughly a quarter of the government.
Negotiations have been at an impasse for weeks over Trump's demand for money to fund his border wall. Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have been adamant that they do not want to give Trump any funding for a wall along the southern border.
When asked about the announcement by reporters Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders wouldn't shed much light on what Trump would say, declaring, "I'm not going to get ahead of the President."
She said the announcement will be made in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House.
"I'm not going to get ahead of the President but I can assure he's going to continue fighting for border security, he's going to continue looking for the solution to end the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border," Sanders told reporters at the White House.
Asked specifically whether the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border constituted a national emergency, Sanders again declined to comment. "Again, I'm not getting ahead of the President. He'll make that announcement tomorrow afternoon. I suggest everybody tune in," she said.
Edited by kkhohoho on Jan 19th 2019 at 9:18:42 AM
CNN was talking about Trump offering to extend both DACA and Temporarily Protected refugees as part of a wall funding bill. Again, that would cost Trump a lot of face among the one circle of voters/talking heads, whose opinions he cares about.
Plus, the Democrats' own base wouldn't tolerate any wall funding at this point, not after they ran openly against it last November.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Construction would almost certainly be blocked by court cases on the legality of the order, which could stretch out until after the 2020 election. That seems to be the commonly held belief on why Trump hasn't called a national emergency earlier.