Thoughts on Trump’s national emergency declaration

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to complete the border wall he promised voters in 2016. 

In addition to signing a spending bill in order to avert another government shutdown, President Trump declared a national emergency earlier today from the Rose Garden in order to secure our Southern Border. He plans to secure an additional $8 billion in order to build more sections of the border wall, taken from defense funds and other department funds that can be used in an emergency situation. 

The spending bill, passed by both the Senate and the House late Thursday night, February 14, Valentine’s Day, only includes $1.4 billion for border security. 

That is far less than the $5.8 billion Trump sought for the border wall. And only a fraction of the original $20 billion he wanted last year.

Experts on the Southern Border, including border patrol agents, told Democrats and Republicans that they needed in order to effectively enforce the entire U.S.-Mexico Border and stop illegal immigration into the United States. 

President Trump knows his supporters, his base, wants a wall. He was willing to compromise with Democrats in order to get the funding, but they stonewalled him.

This compromise spending bill is flawed, but it was necessary in order to avoid another government shutdown, which would have hurt the President.

Now, President Trump is forced to use executive action in order to complete the border wall and secure the Southern Border of the United States.

As Trump predicted in his speech when he declared a national emergency from the Rose Garden today, Democrats and liberals are going to sue him in order to bog down his declaration in the courts and stop him from carrying it out for the near-future.

The President is bound to face legal challenges from Democrats on his authority to declare a national emergency for the border wall. It will go straight to the liberal, and anti-Trump, Ninth Circuit of Appeals stationed in San Francisco, California. 

Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Nadler of New York, threatened for weeks to sue Trump if he declared a national emergency in order to secure funds to build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border. 

Now, one argument Democrats say should stop Trump from declaring a national emergency is the notion that any sitting U.S. President can declare a national emergency for an issue they are passionate about. Like a Democrat President declaring one to stop climate change.

Good luck with that. 

Here’s the problem though: Democrats, Hollywood and elitists waste more energy and resources than normal Americans do. 

Hollywood actors and Democrats travel in private jets and live in multi-million dollar mansions. 

Film production companies and television networks waste more energy and resources creating TV shows, feature films, and commercials. They also waste tens and hundreds of millions of dollars on these projects, many of them a waste of our hard-earned money and time. 

Remember the report that Al Gore’s house uses more resources and energy in one year than the average American family does in over 21 years? 

Or when Congressional Democrats went on a luxury beach vacation to Puerto Rico during the government shutdown last month?

Compared to prominent Democrats and Hollywood elitists, ordinary Americans like us have a minimum impact on our environment. And yet they are the ones demanding we, the American people, comply with their failed Green policies and give up our electricity, water, fossil fuels and gasoline. 

Give me a break. 

In contrast, Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in order to build a border wall is rooted in facts. He issued his declaration in the interest of national security, not simply politics. 

Illegal and addictive drugs pour across open sections along the Southern Border and kill millions of Americans due to overdoses. 

And just like the legal challenges Democrats are gonna throw against Trump’s national emergency declaration, a Democrat President will also face legal challenges from the American people and conservatives. 

The only difference is that conservatives are justified in doing so. Democrats are only gonna sue Trump because they hate him and the fact that the American people voted for him. They’ve done this time and time again every time Trump issues an executive order. 

Make no mistake: the Democrats are no longer the party of JFK. They don’t embrace American exceptionalism and American nationalism the way Kennedy did. They don’t support the rights of unborn children or everyday Americans. They are anti-conservative and anti-Catholic. 

As Commander-in-Chief, President Trump has the authority to declare a national emergency. He is working to protect Americans from any and all threats coming across our borders and put up a wall to protect our borders and sovereignty. 

The American people are tired of obstructionist Democrats and their embrace of open borders and Socialism. We elected Donald Trump and support his polices. And we will fight to protect our rights and the United States.