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Trump says he could use the MILITARY to build his wall if Congress won't fund it...
Dailymail.com ^ | September 7, 2018 | David Martosko

Posted on 09/07/2018 7:48:01 PM PDT by raiderboy

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's considering using military resources to finish construction of his long-promised border wall instead of relying on Congress to fund the project through the Homeland Security Department's budget.

He also wouldn't eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown if Democrats continue to confound his efforts to appropriate money for the project on the U.S.-Mexico border.

'We have two options,' he told DailyMail.com aboard Air Force One as he flew from Billings, Montana to Fargo, North Dakota. 'We have military, we have homeland security.'

He was asked specifically about using the Army Corps of Engineers as a taxpayer-funded construction crew.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arizona; billings; buildthefence; california; daca; dreamact; dreamers; fargo; florida; mexico; montana; nafta; newmexico; newyork; northdakota; texas; wall; wallwall
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To: max americana

No. The second he breaks the rules, they will bring up impeachment. That’s what they want him to do.


21 posted on 09/07/2018 8:13:43 PM PDT by PJBankard (Heaven has strict immigration policies. Hell has open borders.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Although Trump had asked for $25 billion for wall construction, the bipartisan spending bill provides what Trump called only an “initial down payment” of $1.6 billion in funding. But even that sum comes with significant strings attached.

Here’s what that $1.6 billion is for (see Section 230, starting on page 673):

$251 million for “secondary fencing” near San Diego.
$445 million for “primary pedestrian levee fencing” in the Rio Grande Valley.
$196 million for “primary pedestrian fencing” in the Rio Grande Valley.
$445 million for replacement of primary pedestrian fencing.
$38 million for border barrier planning and design.
$196 million for border security technology.

The bill further states that the money can only be used to build “operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, [May 5, 2017] such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize agent safety.”

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/has-the-border-wall-begun/


22 posted on 09/07/2018 8:18:54 PM PDT by deport
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To: raiderboy

ihave no idea, sorry
but we are waiting as patiently as possible for Ruth G’s hopeful retirement and replacement ASAP too. someone as patently doctrinaire and hard-core leftist activist as that should NEVER have even been considered for any kind of judicial post, never.
judges are supposed to be fair and impartial, damnit!

and a couple more of them can retire ASAP too, ha!


23 posted on 09/07/2018 8:23:25 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: max americana
He knows he wont get re-elected if that wall aint built. Where did ya get that BS?

Every Trump supporter knows Trumps been obstructed on everything, every inch of the way by corrupt career establishment politicians and the government spooks, who've attempted to criminally undermine, compromise and frame the President of the United States.

Yeah well, that’s no excuse dude.

Uh huh, right. The man is surrounded by treasonous snakes and people who want to criminally set him up, frame him and get rid of him, "By any means necessary" but max says "No excuse".

What an odd comment.

24 posted on 09/07/2018 8:26:30 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: raiderboy

I am polled by the RNC and other republican groups. I lay it out there every time.

BUILD THE WALL!

I think he’s heard that enough to know we mean business.


25 posted on 09/07/2018 8:27:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: raiderboy

He May do this, he May do that. Stop Maying and do.


26 posted on 09/07/2018 8:27:14 PM PDT by heights
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To: raiderboy

Just DO IT!. (heh, heh) Even if it means you sacrifice everything for what you believe....


27 posted on 09/07/2018 8:28:26 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: raiderboy

> “The President can absolutely do this as commander in chief in the interest of the defense of our nation.”

Oh yes, indeed!

We talked about this earlier this year during the Omnibus when he got $700B for 2018 and $719B for 2019.

There were those who said he only got $1.6B for the Wall. And we said Ha! He just took military spending off the table for negotiation this Sept 2018 for budget negotiations AND he can use measures within his power and authority to use the military to build the Wall.

And now here we are.

It would be tempting to rub it in the faces of those who thought POTUS was defeated by the Omnibus but they can see he’s won, and if they can’t see that, they shouldn’t ever be taken seriously.


28 posted on 09/07/2018 8:31:20 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: raiderboy

HAND SALUTE


29 posted on 09/07/2018 8:31:42 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
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To: raiderboy

Oh what’s the hurry let’s wait another 3-4 years


30 posted on 09/07/2018 8:32:43 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: max americana
Just catch, fingerprint, picture, blOOD AND DNA record and fly em out immediately.

If I were king, I wouldn't use planes. I'd use catapults to fly them into Mexico. But I'm not king, and neither is Trump. He'll have to use planes. Planes, our military has them.

31 posted on 09/07/2018 8:35:28 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: raiderboy

SeaBee walls?

Hmm.

People might die trying to climb them.

Ok. I’m in.


32 posted on 09/07/2018 9:03:58 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (If a lion could speak, we could not understand him)
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To: raiderboy

Absolutely. Get the combined efforts of the Navy Seabees and Army Engineers and get it done. Do something!!


33 posted on 09/07/2018 9:20:29 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Actually we could build that wall in 60 days if Trump would call all available working men to come help build the wall. The highways would be clogged with pickups heading south !


34 posted on 09/07/2018 9:20:39 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: 1_Inch_Group
SeaBee walls?

It shouldn't be that difficult ... we already have a good design plan for it ... ideal for the Rio Grande ...


35 posted on 09/07/2018 9:21:07 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Democrats are National Socialists)
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To: Parley Baer

Set up a go fund me page. The wall will funded in a week.


36 posted on 09/07/2018 9:23:54 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: BlueLancer

Sure is lots of mines.

Should get the idea across that this is mine.

LOL


37 posted on 09/07/2018 9:26:27 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (If a lion could speak, we could not understand him)
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To: raiderboy

End the talk and just do it. Tell Congress that is what is occurring and if they don’t like it they can approve funds to let DHS do it. My guess is that they’ll scream and let it be done instead of approving direct funds. They get political cover and Trump gets the wall.


38 posted on 09/07/2018 9:27:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: raiderboy

THE GREAT WALL OF TRUMP

The big beautiful gates shall be gold paint trim with the insignia “The Great Wall of Trump!”

If he gets it done, he get’s his name on it.


39 posted on 09/07/2018 9:39:04 PM PDT by TheNext (Anonymous Source)
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To: raiderboy

The SeaBees would have it done by noon.


40 posted on 09/07/2018 9:50:26 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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