Trump Threatens Declaring National Emergency on Border

“President Trump raised the possibility on Friday of declaring a national emergency to let him to build a wall on the Southwest border without congressional approval, hours after Department of Homeland Security officials requested additional support to erect temporary barriers between the United States and Mexico,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump’s comments followed a contentious meeting with Democratic leaders at the White House. It failed to produce a deal to end the 13-day partial shutdown of the federal government, a funding lapse that began with the president’s insistence that Congress allocate $5.6 billion for the wall.”

Said Trump: “We can call a national emergency and build it very quickly.”