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Trump throws a tantrum over wall most Americans don’t want

Credit: Andrew Harnik, AP Photo

Trump still isn’t getting funding for his racist border wall, and he’s pitching a fit.

Trump has been threatening to shut down the government over his deluded fantasy of building a 30-foot concrete border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Most Americans (57 percent) don’t want to see the government shut down because of the wall, according to a new poll. Even more Americans (69 percent) don’t think the wall should be an immediate priority for Congress in the first place.

Trump probably knows deep down that he’s not going to get what he wants, and he’s not happy about it.

View the complete December 11 article by Oliver WIllis on the ShareBlue.com website here.

Trump Would Be ‘Proud To Shutdown The Government’

Donald Trump is responsible for a government shutdown. Trump said yesterday he would be “proud to shut down the government.”

The Trump Shutdown could hurt the economy, and would force hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or be furloughed right before the holidays.

Here’s some of what Trump would be “proud” of:

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Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall

The following article by Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis was posed on the Washington Post website March 27, 2018:

Pres. Trump, who signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill last week, is frustrated with the amount Congress provided to finance a U.S.-Mexico border wall and is pressing to use money dedicated to the military. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

President Trump, who repeatedly insisted during the 2016 campaign that Mexico would pay for a wall along the southern border, is privately pushing the U.S. military to fund construction of his signature project.

Trump has told advisers that he was spurned in a large spending bill last week when lawmakers appropriated only $1.6 billion for the border wall. He has suggested to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and congressional leaders that the Pentagon could fund the sprawling project, citing a “national security” risk.

After floating the notion to several advisers last week, Trump told House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that the military should pay for the wall, according to three people familiar with the meeting last Wednesday in the White House residence. Ryan offered little ­reaction to the idea, these people said, but senior Capitol Hill officials later said it was an unlikely prospect. Continue reading “Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall”

FBI: No evidence of homicide in border agent’s death cited by Trump

The following article by Robert Moore and Nick Miroff was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2018:

Border Patrol agent Rogelio Martinez, whose death in November 2017 fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall, appears to have died in an accident. (Reuters)

EL PASO — A Border Patrol agent whose death last November fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall appears to have died in an accident, according to FBI findings released Wednesday.

Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, was found dying at the bottom of a roadside culvert along a span of Interstate 10 in West Texas on Nov. 18. Within hours, union officials said they believed Martinez had been ambushed by smugglers in a rock attack. Continue reading “FBI: No evidence of homicide in border agent’s death cited by Trump”

Border Wall ‘Off the Table,’ Schumer Says, as Immigration Progress Unravels

The following article by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Maggie Haberman was posted on the New York Times website January 23, 2018:

<em“The wall offer’s off the table,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday.CreditEric Thayer for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators found themselves back at Square 1 on immigration on Tuesday, as the Senate Democratic leader withdrew the biggest gesture he had made to strike a deal: an offer to fully fund President Trump’s proposed wall at the Mexican border.

“The wall offer’s off the table,” the leader, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, told reporters at the Capitol a day after senators overcame an impasseto end a three-day government shutdown. Continue reading “Border Wall ‘Off the Table,’ Schumer Says, as Immigration Progress Unravels”

To Pay for Wall, Trump Would Cut Proven Border Security Measures

The following article by Ron Nixon was posted on the New York Times website January 8, 2018:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border.

President Trump has made the border wall a focus of his campaign against illegal immigration to stop drugs, terrorists and gangs like MS-13 from coming into the United States. Under spending plans submitted last week to Congress, the wall would cost $18 billion over the next 10 years, and be erected along nearly 900 miles of the southern border. Continue reading “To Pay for Wall, Trump Would Cut Proven Border Security Measures”

First phase of Trump border wall gets $18 billion price tag, in new request to lawmakers

The following article by Nick Niroff and Erica Werner was posted on the Washington Post website January 5, 2018:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released aerial footage shot on Oct. 17 of the eight prototype border walls near the U.S.-Mexico border. (US Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs)

The Trump administration has told lawmakers that it wants $18 billion over the next decade for the initial phase of a Mexico border wall, laying out for the first time a detailed financial blueprint for the president’s signature campaign promise.

The money would pay for 316 miles of new fencing and reinforce another 407 miles where barriers are already in place, according to cost estimates sent to senators Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. If the work was completed, more than half of the 2,000-mile border with Mexico would have a wall or other physical structure by 2027. Continue reading “First phase of Trump border wall gets $18 billion price tag, in new request to lawmakers”