Exclusive: White House preparing draft national emergency order, has identified $7 billion for wall
Source: CNN
By Priscilla Alvarez and Tammy Kupperman, CNN
Updated 5:57 PM ET, Thu January 24, 2019
Washington (CNN) — The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion in potential funds for his signature border wall should he go that route, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN.
Trump has not ruled out using his authority to declare a national emergency and direct the Defense Department to construct a border wall as Congress and the White House fight over a deal to end the government shutdown. But while Trump's advisers remain divided on the issue, the White House has been moving forward with alternative plans that would bypass Congress.
"The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency," a draft of a presidential proclamation reads.
"Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C 1601, et seq.), hereby declare that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States," the draft adds.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/trump-border-wall-emergency-draft/index.html
Egotistical ass wipe and inept businessman.
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due to the multiple awful consequences that will result when $ that was allocated for specific, serious, initiatives are drained to fund a wall that will take a long time to build (no tangible 'result'), and will be ineffective. That would mean this story (that started with the govt shut down) will stretch on out through the remainder of his term. With each new situation emphasizing how this (ineffective, and long/slow to build "wall"
is prioritized over x y and z.
Dumb *ss president and advisors. If this lever is pulled, may it continue to shrink the GOP so that it ends up going the way of the whig party.
