He is obsessed with the concept of what he is “allowed” to do. How many times during the past five years have we heard him talk about how he isn’t “allowed” to do this, that, or the other thing, and he is “allowed” to do something else? The idea of being “allowed” suggests a higher authority that controls a person. (4-year-olds are sometimes allowed to stay up until 8:30, but not “allowed” to eat cookies before dinner.) I’m betting that Mama T was big on what little D was allowed to do. It bugged him then, and it comes out now when he’s feeling sorry for himself or bragging about his power.
Having said that, the contortions that he’s making to suggest that this is a emergency are making court cases for all those cases suggesting that the situation is not, in fact, an emergency.
Pro- tip fro Trump:
Presidents are allowed to declare an emergency if there is an emergency. Problem is that there is no emergency and no one believes that you believe there is an emergency. So all you are proposing to do is make a power grab for powers that belong to the Congress. That is an impeachable offense.
Presidents are allowed to declare an emergency if there is an emergency. Problem is that there is no emergency and no one believes that you believe there is an emergency. So all you are proposing to do is make a power grab for powers that belong to the Congress. That is an impeachable offense.
Not such long sentences, please ! Break it up, so WALLy can read it, thanks !
Hey, Trump. There’s no emergency and you know it. Everybody knows that. So your power grab is an impeachable offense.
thanks !
He’s scared to do it, first of all. And the only thing he’d be declaring is that he’d lost again. And what he really wants is to bully people, and this isn’t that either. He can’t make a deal to save his life but he knows well enough there’s no percentage in it for him to go the emergency route. So he just keeps flailing.
So he just keeps flailing.
It buys him media time.
He would also lose a cause for the shutdown, if he steals the money from a piggy-bank, and everyone will start talking about lawsuits.
You don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows.
And it seems to finally be turning in the right direction.
I would actually say I would.
It’s too early for this…
I,'ll give the the boarder my Thoughts and Prayers, it is good enough for School Safety and the rest of us.
Time for Nancy to reply — “Go ahead, make my day.”
Someone has probably whispered to him that while he thinks he can declare an emergency, it’s probably not a great idea and that’s why he keeps hesitating.
It is impossible to see how he thinks this is a win situation for him. Doesn’t he see the numbers against this, people in his party wanting to restart the government and Flight Attendants and FBI asking for the govt. to be reopened.
Keep digging Lump, surely you’ll find that city of gold.
Same thing with McConnell; they’re both hoping that something drops from the sky so they can do something without actually having to make a decision
Yeah, remember “why do we have atomic bombs if we don’t use them?” Which he asked repeatedly. Not sure what they used then to distract him (“oh look, a squirrel!!”), but I wish they could use it again.
Yes you are allowed to do it, but as Harry Truman learned you need a valid reason or the courts tend to say NOPE.
exactly, but miller is scratching the walls trying to get him to commit to the emergency idea.
with Hannity also whispering in ear continuously, I am sure trump is confused and in complete turmoil about his next step. All he has to do is watch the news and know that the country waits to slam dunk him.
whats this preznit going to do? flip a coin and hope for the best maybe.
He may think he’s “allowed,” but he hasn’t reckoned with the Turtle. McConnell isn’t stupid and can clearly see what a bad precedent this would be (imagine: 2020 - the year of the National Gun Control Emergency, the National Climate Control Emergency, the National Health Care Emergency). Unless he plans to not run for re-election, he’s gonna get his posse together and mosey on over to the WH for a Come To Jesus meeting with the Orange Caligula and set him straight on why he can’t have his “Whites Only” wall.
