The first brick hasn't been set, and Trump's border wall is already going south on him (fake news)

Washington Post ^ | April 24, 2017 | Amber Phillips

[Zakeet]

Mexico won't pay for it. Democrats hate it. Border-state Republicans don't like it. Congressional Republican leaders would rather not undertake it. There could be an avoidable government shutdown over it.

And yet President Trump's budget director is pushing Congress to spend $1.4 billion to start building his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The political tension could backfire for the president. Trump's insistence on a wall is increasingly doing what some had warned it would do: It's undermining his relationship with Congress, it's putting Republican leaders in a no-win scenario on whether to fund it and it could potentially derail the president's ability to get anything else done.

Here's why:

1. It's building a wall between Trump and his party

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2. It's threatening a government shutdown

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3. It's uniting Democrats

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4. It's blocking Trump's ability to get other things done

[Zakeet]

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The WaPoo is blowing smoke ... trying to further their Libtard agenda ... again.

[V_TWIN]

Wow, only one person wrote this? Usually takes two or three to write tripe like this.

[CIB-173RDABN]

President Trump and many Republicans won because they promised a wall.

This is the READ MY LIPS NO NEW TAXES moment for the Republican party.

Nothing else matters. If they do not keep this promise, many voters will finally have their eyes opened and find the Republicans are just Democrats by another name.

[Gaffer]

I hate that traitorous rag about as much as I hate the devil. If you just take their first sentences and inserted an evil laugh in between every word, you’d see what they really are. Just damn them.

Areas with country names have effing BORDERS! If there are no borders, then there IS no country. This is all about votes, money, position, feathered nests and the belief that the whole country has to suffer to make their pitiful lives ideal.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Beltway fake news propaganda.

[SoFloFreeper]

Amber is a fake journalist.

[x1stcav]

Nothing wrong with Amber that being hit on by Hannity wouldn’t fix.

[Paulie]

I notice that in all the hand wringing about the wall, nobody seems concerned that the voters and taxpayers spoke loud and clear last November.

Anybody remember ‘We the People’?

[deport]

The first brick hasn’t been set...

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The author must know nothing about brick work.

[Karoo]

I heard that buying the land where the wall will be built will be a difficult task because some landowners do not want to sell. Thus there will be hundreds of court cases. I wonder if all this is true.

[AndyJackson]

It's building a wall between Trump and his party

The do nothing shysters in GOPe are not Trump's party. They are part of YOUR party, compost shill.

[dforest]

WaPo v Trump

I will bet on Trump.

[Nifster]

So did Hadrian

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Mexico won't pay for it. Democrats hate it. Border-state Republicans don't like it. Congressional Republican leaders would rather not undertake it. There could be an avoidable government shutdown over it.

We already knew all this going in. Mexico doesn't need to pay for it - it's a national security expense for the US (that's not to say we can't tax remittances to Mexico to recover some of the expense). Democrats hate everything to do with national security unless it concentrates more power in their hands. Congressional Republicans are ethical and moral cowards and scoundrels. I don't care. The Wall is non-negotiable. It must be built.

[Grampa Dave]

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[LostPassword]

I always thought of “the wall” as a collection of things including the physical barriers, ICE enforcement, visa overstay fixes, etc.

Illegal immigration is down YUGE, so “the wall” is a big success already. I am looking forward to big, beautiful physical barriers but I’m pretty happy even if congress is a disaster.

A government shutdown would be another win as far as I’m concerned, especially if it can be done without back pay when it’s over. I’d feel sorry for many workers but we need to stop the no-consequences, symbolic shutdowns. Make it a real shutdown and show how well the government can work without a lot of unnecessary workers rather than Obama’s method of making it hurt as much as possibly for the symbolism.

[Mollypitcher1]

Remember that little thing called Eminent Domain? If it can be used for a simple road or highway, it can be used for National Security.

[HotKat]

Also, has it been the wall been specked specifically as “brick?”

[lwoodham]

People should not buy from Amnazon. Jeff Bezos is another George Soros who owns Amazon and also owns Washington Post. One sicko liberal anti-American fool.