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| Trump says he'll 'probably, almost definitely' declare national emergency – live | |
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| Trump just insisted that he never meant Mexico would directly pay for a border wall when he pledged Mexico would pay for it on the campaign trail. | Trump just insisted that he never meant Mexico would directly pay for a border wall when he pledged Mexico would pay for it on the campaign trail. |
| “Obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check.” | “Obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check.” |
| Trump also continued to express his openness to declaring a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. | Trump also continued to express his openness to declaring a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. |
| “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll probably will do it, maybe definitely,” he said. | “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll probably will do it, maybe definitely,” he said. |
| President Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before leaving for his trip to the border. | President Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before leaving for his trip to the border. |
| He insisted ““I don’t have temper tantrums” and further pushed back at claims from Democrats that he slammed the table in the White House Situation Room before storming out of the meeting (or, as Trump has put it, saying “bye bye.”) “I didn’t pound the table. I didn’t pound the table. That is a lie,” said Trump. | He insisted ““I don’t have temper tantrums” and further pushed back at claims from Democrats that he slammed the table in the White House Situation Room before storming out of the meeting (or, as Trump has put it, saying “bye bye.”) “I didn’t pound the table. I didn’t pound the table. That is a lie,” said Trump. |
| He also yet again insisted that “Mexico paying for wall indirectly, many, many times over” and that without a barrier on the border, MS-13 would enter the United States. | He also yet again insisted that “Mexico paying for wall indirectly, many, many times over” and that without a barrier on the border, MS-13 would enter the United States. |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is giving a foreign policy speech in Cairo right now that is a direct rebuke of Obama’s speech there a decade ago. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is giving a foreign policy speech in Cairo right now that is a direct rebuke of Obama’s speech there a decade ago. |
| Adam Kredo from the Washington Free Beacon reports: | Adam Kredo from the Washington Free Beacon reports: |
| Pompeo took direct aim at Obama, standing in the same city the former president did when he advocated a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in the region, one that denies Islamic radicalism as the root of jihadi fervor. | Pompeo took direct aim at Obama, standing in the same city the former president did when he advocated a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in the region, one that denies Islamic radicalism as the root of jihadi fervor. |
| “Remember: It was here, in this very city, another American stood before you,” he said. “He told you that radical Islamist terrorism doesn’t stem from ideology. He told you 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East.” | “Remember: It was here, in this very city, another American stood before you,” he said. “He told you that radical Islamist terrorism doesn’t stem from ideology. He told you 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East.” |
| “He told you that the United States and the Muslim world needed ‘a new beginning,’” Pompeo continued. “And the results of these misjudgments were dire. In falsely seeing ourselves as a force for what ails the Middle East, we were timid about asserting ourselves when the times—and our partners—demanded it.” | “He told you that the United States and the Muslim world needed ‘a new beginning,’” Pompeo continued. “And the results of these misjudgments were dire. In falsely seeing ourselves as a force for what ails the Middle East, we were timid about asserting ourselves when the times—and our partners—demanded it.” |
| America, under Obama, “underestimated” the scourge of radical terrorism. | America, under Obama, “underestimated” the scourge of radical terrorism. |
| Steve King, the controversial Iowa Republican congressman, gave an interview with the New York Times after a serious primary challenger emerged against him yesterday. King, known for his racially charged comments, made yet another inflamatory statement. | Steve King, the controversial Iowa Republican congressman, gave an interview with the New York Times after a serious primary challenger emerged against him yesterday. King, known for his racially charged comments, made yet another inflamatory statement. |
| Rep. Steve King to the New York Times: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” https://t.co/wjSsq6jONO | Rep. Steve King to the New York Times: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” https://t.co/wjSsq6jONO |
| Good morning, Donald Trump is on his way to the Mexican border, the government shutdown has reached its 20th day and there’s growing speculation that a national emergency may be declared in an attempt by Trump to force construction of a wall. | Good morning, Donald Trump is on his way to the Mexican border, the government shutdown has reached its 20th day and there’s growing speculation that a national emergency may be declared in an attempt by Trump to force construction of a wall. |
| It’s Thursday in American politics. | It’s Thursday in American politics. |