President Trump knew a long time ago he couldn’t get Mexico to pay for his wall, but he kept saying they would in order to appease his base, and get elected.
Now as Commander-in-Chief, he is singing a tune that is burdensome for Americans to bear: ‘Either Congress pass legislation to fund his wall or he will shut down the government’.
Hey America! Lets just call his bluff and see if he shuts it down. I say it’s time to defy incompetent leadership and vote against the $1.6 billion it will take to help build a wall on our southern borders. If he goes ahead and shut it down, then Congress should quickly proceed with impeachment based on ineptitude.
Congressional Democrats are firmly against taxpayers funding billions of dollars to pay for a wall that is unwarranted, as more people are crossing back into Mexico, compared to new arrivals. This has been documented by Pew Research that prior to Trump’s victory there was net loss of 140,000 Mexicans leaving the U.S. from 2009 to 2014, citing the reunification of family as the main reason.
Even Paul Ryan, republican house majority leader is turned off by Trump’s threat to close it down in order to force Congress to approve funding of the wall.
“I don’t think a government shutdown is necessary and I don’t think most people want to see a government shutdown, ourselves included,” he said recently at a news conference in Oregon.
But he promised a wall to his core supporters and that is what he intends to deliver as illustrated in a recent pep rally in Arizona, where Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain, both republicans representing that state disagreed and voiced concern over his leadership abilities. Trump didn’t hesitate to endorse Flake’s opponent.
Ever since he took office in January the President has been embroiled in one controversy after another. First it was whether his administration colluded with Russia to injure Hilary and capture the White House. After that it was the firing of FBI James Comey, who didn’t have time for his theatrics and wanted to get to the bottom of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections. The changes in his administration were quite noisy, as Sean Spicer, Anthony Scaramucci and Steve Bannion fought tooth and nail to stay on and acquire influence from POTUS.
As if that wasn’t enough mayhem in the first seven months, you can throw in the domestic terrorist at Charlottesville, who attacked anti-fascists protestor Heather Heyer by running her over with a vehicle. The White Nationalist who was charged in her death was against the dismantling of confederate statues, and President Trump was slow in condemning the Nazis, as he lay blame on both sides at first, until members of his own party went against his position.
Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee questioned President Trump stability and competence.
Senator Corker should vote against funding the border wall when the senate reconvene in September and place the ball in the President’s court and see if he shutdowns the government.
If he does then its time for him to go.
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