If Democrats don’t want border security for the American people (and they don’t), Trump said he is willing to declare a national emergency in order to fund the border wall that is so desperately needed to keep out the invaders.
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President Donald Trump said he was willing to declare a state of emergency on Friday, in order to build a wall on the Southern border.
“Absolutely, we can call a national emergency,” Trump said when asked about the idea by a reporter. “I haven’t done it. I may do it. I may do it.”
The president spoke to reporters in the Rose Garden on Friday at the White House after meeting with Congressional leaders for more than two hours to try to make a deal.The president is allowed by law to issue a declaration of emergency to quickly move federal funds to a specific area based on his discretion. The state of emergency declaration is frequently used ahead of a hurricane or other national disaster.