Like it or not Pres Trump gave Nancy Pelosi 2 wins this week. The first was his backing off on his State of the Union speech, even though the Speaker emphatically said no to it until after the govt is reopened. Next the Pres agreed to reopen the govt without border funding, but in his announcement to end the shutdown he made it conditional giving Congress 3 weeks to come up with a deal that will secure the border or he will invoke the plenary powers delegated to him.
This partial shutdown resulted in nothing but a lot of people angry, the divide widened and now plenty of vids of Pelosi, Schumer, their propaganda arm media and leftists doing victory laps. On the surface it appears the airlines having problems and major airports announcing imminent closures apparently was too much, not to mention Sec Ross making what many considered a major gaffe.
The odds Congress comes up with an acceptable plan is low. These people have demonstrated time and again they’re incompetent. We will see a bill, but it will be loaded with pork, ineffective measures and language restricting where any wall/ barrier/ fence can be raised. That said POTUS will invoke the powers reserved for him, declaring a national emergency to get the wall built. He better have his best people working on that plan and the legalities of it as democrats will most likely challenge in the 9th Circuit Court.
National security should not be something up for debate and negotiating. We have drugs, weapons, potential terrorists, sex slaves etc coming across the border daily in areas where barriers are needed. Agents need updated equipment and resources to protect the homeland democrats clearly do not want to provide. They say they’re in favor of borer security, but to date have never explained what that is. They lie to gain public trust and support, the same way they lie that “experts” tell them walls don’t work. Fact is democrats want the border left wide open for their future voters to enter.
Trump is playing a dangerous game now. If he doesn’t carry through with his promise to invoke a national emergency where barriers actually go up his 2020 chances for re-election will be cut in half.