Trump Expected To Declare National Emergency To Help Fund Southern Border Wall

[Dulcinea]

President Trump is expected to declare a national emergency Friday in order to help finance a long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a highly unusual move from an unconventional president.

Trump's effort to augment a border barrier funding compromise crafted by Congress in order to still get the wall that he's long promised his supporters is also a risky gambit. Legal challenges and pushback from even some within his own party await Trump in the next phase of the ongoing national political battle over border security and immigration policy — cementing the issues at the forefront of his bid for a second term in office.

Centrist Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who's up for re-election in 2020, called Trump's planned move a "mistake" in a statement Thursday. Collins also argued that the National Emergencies Act, which Trump is likely to invoke, was only "intended to apply to major natural disasters or catastrophic events, such as the attacks on our country."

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/15/695012728/trump-expected-to-declare-national-emergency-to-help-fund-southern-border-wall

[watoos]

1. Meh, Trump trying to take over the legislative branch,

isn't spicy enough of a narrative. The real action, from what I hear, is over on Morning Joe where Democrats are working with Republicans to tear apart AOC.

Will Speaker Pelosi bring the resolution to stop what Trump is doing up for a vote? If she does that means that McConnell will be forced to bring the same resolution up for a vote in the Senate. Then we can see if people like Susan Collins and Marco Rubio are sincere in their opposition to what Trump is trying to do.

I trust that Speaker Pelosi will do the right thing, a month ago she hired a sharp attorney to advise her. I would like to see her push the resolution just to get Republicans on the record. A law suit won't stop Trump unless a judge puts a stay on what he is doing. A law suit is going to take quite a while to resolve.

Our country is fast becoming a dictatorship, but on a more serious note, AOC is opposed to Amazon.