How did Trump fail when you yourself stated that Congress has the power of the purse?
“How did Trump fail when you yourself stated that Congress has the power of the purse?”
Trump emphatically stated on every campaign stop during the 2016 elections he would build a wall and Mexico would pay for it. Mexico is not paying for the wall. This claim by Trump Mexico would pay for the wall was a false promise and ranks with Obama’s promise about the ACA - “You can keep your health insurance plan if you like it.”
Trump also had the opportunity during the last two appropriation cycles of refusing to sign the bill funding the government unless full funding for the wall was included. Both times the GOP leadership in Congress persuaded him for political reasons not to use a government shutdown to force funding of the wall. Trump acquiesced . He made the choice to knuckle under to the weakness of the GOP leadership in Congress instead of taking the issue to the American people by vetoing the bill.
Perhaps Trump made the right decision in not vetoing an appropriations bill excluding full funding of the wall, perhaps it was not the right decision. Whatever the political consequences he did not use the full power of his office to press the issue when the GOP controlled both houses of Congress.
I support President Trump. However, I also believe in assessing accountability objectively. The fact is, Trump has failed to deliver on his promise regarding the wall.