Charles Sykes: “Over the weekend, the New York Times suggested that the whole idea for the wall was originally concocted by his brain trust of Roger Stone and Sam Nunberg as a way to get the notoriously undisciplined Trump to remember to talk about immigration… The mnemonic device became an applause line at his rallies (along with the claim that Mexico would pay for it) and, most fatefully, an idée fixe with Ann Coulter & Co. who were enchanted by its blunt force crudity.”
“So here we are; facing a genuine crisis because of Trump’s non-crisis. The dangers of his impulsive decision to shut down the government continue to rise, and acolytes like Lewandowski are cheering on the notion of a wall by presidential fiat. That could include what the president calls the ‘military version of eminent domain,’ which means … God knows what? Armed soldiers seizing private property from American citizens?”
“All of that suggests that the ‘crisis’ in not at the border, but sits in the Oval Office.”
