President Donald Trump is hinting at the fact that heβs going to declare a national emergency and because the president is a reality star who lives for drama, heβs probably going to announce it during the State of The Union, Feb. 5.
βI think thereβs a good chance we will have to do that,β the president said when asked about whether heβs prepared to declare a national emergency to fund his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Politico reports. The move would most likely be held up in court hearings because it completely bypasses a little-known internal White House document called the Constitution of the United States of America.
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After 35 days, the longest partial government shutdown in American history, the president decided to reopen the government when he realized that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wasnβt playing games. But, the president, being the petty bitch that he is, only allowed for the government to stay up and running until Feb. 15, while a negotiation over the border wall continued. Trump is demanding $5.7 billion in funding for a wall that no one wants.
So far the negotiation looks like this:
Republicans: We just kind of want whatever the president wants but really we donβt want the wall either...Also, death and drugs and a blindfolded woman...And a caravan!
Democrats: Go fuck yourselves!
Pelosi isnβt budging. In fact, below is a live-look at Pelosi during the negotiations.
Pelosi has stated several times that any deal wonβt include funding for the presidentβs dumb ass wall.
Speaking Friday at a meeting on human trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump set up the pitch for his big reveal during his SOTU speech. Trump told reporters to βlisten closelyβ to his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
βI donβt want to say,β the president said when asked whether he will announce the emergency declaration during his address to Congress. βBut youβll hear the State of the Union and then youβll see what happens right after the State of the Union.β
Trump is such a damn show-off. He still thinks heβs on The Apprentice and probably checks his speech ratings to see how heβs stacking up against daytime talk shows.
Trump also added that because heβs the president heβs got βlegal standingβ to declare a national emergency.
βWe have very strong legal standing. We are doing it regardless,β he said before adding that he still hasnβt made up his mind, Politico reports.
Oh, and because the president and the truth are like Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Nine Trey Bloods, heβs continued to lie about the wall already being built. There is no wall being built unless heβs talking about an imaginary wall in his mind.
The Root cannot confirm whether his βmind wallβ is, in fact, being built.
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