Discussion: Trump Backs Off: 'Not Looking' To Declare National Emergency 'So Fast'

Maybe his stunt at the border had some benefit after all. Perhaps hearing from the Mayor and locals gave him a hint that he may get opposition from more than just Democrats in the House and Senate.

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Okay, who had Friday afternoon in the “folding like a cheap suit” pool?

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So the WH lawyers scared him off that tactic, and now it’s back in McConnell’s court. The next few days will be interesting, but I don’t expect many surprises until next week. Trump will want to know how this is playing out on TV over the weekend.

Also I love how this is a slap in the face from Daddy at Lindsey insisting he must DO IT NOW.

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e·mer·gen·cy/əˈmərjənsē/nounnoun: emergency; plural noun: emergencies a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.“your quick response in an emergency could be a lifesaver”
synonyms:crisis, urgent situation, extremity, exigency

So, not an actual emergency requiring a plan, thought or action.

Which, as it turns out, is not a

sur·prise/sə(r)ˈprīz/nounnoun: surprise; plural noun: surprises 1. an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing.“the announcement was a complete surprise”
synonyms:shock, bolt from/out of the blue, thunderbolt, bombshell, revelation, source of amazement, rude awakening, eye-opener;

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All his congressional supporters coming out against his hoped for stunt have put a crimp in Trumps plans. The GOP is scrambling to no avail. They are all twisting in the wind now. Trump wishes McConnell would over ride a veto but McConnell is not in the mood to bail the shit stain out. Whoops


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Translation: Four or more GOP Senators told him, “Ruin our re-election chances in 2020 by declaring a national emergency and we’ll grease up Sean Hannity with a 55-gallon drum of Vaseline and make him your permanent hemorrhoid cure.”

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That, and the fact that he didn’t witness any running gun battles between Border Patrol and legions of crazed Islamic terrorists trying to swarm across the unwalled desert.

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“Cheap suit”? Hell, he doesn’t even qualify as a “Members Only” jacket.

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I read earlier today that Kushner was advising caution using national emergencies.

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See the bait on the hook.
See him shaking the pole.
Has he got your attention?
SQUIRELL !!!

And Mr. and Mrs. America didn’t read about the corruption and crime rampant in this maladministration because of it.

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This infrastructure week is really having a tough time getting off the ground.

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Even stopped clocks and needledick son-in-laws are right twice a day, my goddess.

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Build the wall. Make it out of concrete. Then push it over, and drive on it. Infrastructure!!

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Yeah I agree - the point I guess is that that may be what backed him off. I don’t know of course. Certainly the thought of people out of work doesn’t bother him.

And he’s still pushing his conspiracy about an invastion.

and you’re making my life - I’m very susceptible to flattery. hahahahahaha

It can’t be too similar to what I posted because it’s the same comment and it didn’t post. that was a reply to the fucking nanny

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Whichever staffer was responsible for making sure that the “caravan” was there, drooling and foaming at the mouth, is surely in trouble.

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Just a temporary shortage of plague victims to trot out, I’m sure.

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No worries, Dotard, the Build the Wall GoFundMe campaign has everything taken care of


GoFundMe Border Wall Campaign Implodes, Turns to Kris Kobach and Sheriff Clarke

The new group’s board, Kolfage announced on Friday, includes Erik Prince, the founder of infamous military contract Blackwater; David Clarke, the former scandal-plagued sheriff of Milwaukee County; Fox News contributor Sara Carter; Tom Tancredo, an immigration hardliner and former Colorado congressman; and former Kansas Secretary of State and voter fraud crusader Kris Kobach

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What we’re not looking to do right now is national emergency.

John McWhorter pointed out [in The Atlantic][1] how this use of “to do” for everything is a form of warning sign about his mental vagueness and lack of specificity. I think more often than not, he reaches for the right words when he speaks, can’t quite find them, and substitutes these broadly applicable general ones instead. He might do national emergency or he might not do national emergency, but what he almost never does is say things like “We don’t anticipate declaring a national emergency right now.” Because that would be the kind of normal language a person who doesn’t have some undiagnosed but concerning language problem would use.
[1]: What Trump's Typos Reveal - The Atlantic

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McConnell is too busy hiding under his desk hoping everything goes away

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