“he wanted Congress to do it legislatively because that would be more popular and lend it more credibility.”
It sounds like you’re saying the President is/was willing to waste precious time because doing what was ‘popular’ and ‘exposing the Democrats as liars’ is more important than just addressing a crisis situation.
Is that true? Is President Trump more worried about politics than stopping drug/human trafficking and the illegal invasion?
I believe PDJT is more compassionate than that! I believe Donald J. Trump values doing the right thing more than playing politics with the lives of Americans!
Am I wrong?
He had to build the case. He had to give Congress every chance to do the right thing.
If he is defeated, it is all for naught. So the #1 concern must be re-election.