Trump Blames Democrats for 'Fight to Death' Over Border Security and Military Funding

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate


by Colby Hall | Dec 19th, 2018, 7:47 am

President Donald Trump is not giving up his fight for border wall funding, or more to the point, his continued blaming of Democrats if he cannot get the $5 billion requested to keep his promise made on the 2016 campaign trail that a wall would be built.

In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump blamed Democrats for their “fight to death” over “Border Security and the Military.” Trump tweeted:

Link to tweet

Last week Trump very publicly owned the threat of a Christmas time government shutdown if he did not receive the $5 billion requested for the border wall so central to his campaign last week in a televised Oval Office meeting with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer. But a reported compromised funding bill that is expected to be passed this week will avoid the shutdown and not include any border wall funding.

During the 2016 campaign, Trump not only promised a wall but he also repeatedly claimed that the funding would come from Mexico. Neither of those claims has yet been realized.



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[ananda]

1. The military is being completely rebuilt?

Really?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Apparently, Rebuilding Includes. . .

. . . new ships the Navy said they didn't want or need, and planes the Air Force said they didn't want or need.

But, we still have low ranking Army folks on food stamps. So, that part of funding isn't rebuilding.

Or something(???)

[Racerdog1]

2. Orange ass clown

Has let everyone know again what a fucking moron he is.

[Iliyah]

4. In other words, damn the USA's economy . . . .

[RKP5637]

5. The orange stupidity runs quite deep! n/t

[watoos]

6. Too bad the right controls the narrative.

Military spending is the problem, it's why we can't have nice things. (See Ike's farewell address to Congress)

We have 15 or 16 aircraft carriers while the rest of the world has 3.

[Firestorm49]

7. Let Mr. Got Rocks pay for it himself. Leave me out of it.

[durablend]

8. Mexico isn't taking your calls, eh? n/t

[smb]

9. As Mueller Closes In, He'll Sh*t Enough Bricks To Build His Wall nt

[Nitram]

10. I hope this will mean that some people on DU who have been calling Democrats "weak"

will reconsider.