Timothy Birdnow

I just heard Rush Limbaugh speculating about what he is reading on a number of blogs. The claim is that the Democrats are laying a trap for Trump, trying to get him to go ahead and sign the budget bill reopening government then using his authority to declare an emergency to build the wall. The idea is a judge will stop it, so Trump loses all around; no wall, he reopened government, and he winds up looking foolish.

I don't think Trump will fall into that particular trap. He's been overturned by the courts repeatedly and has to know they can and will do that here. And he also knows the wall is a deal breaker with the American People.

What I would do if I were Trump would be keep the government closed but go ahead and declare the state of emergency anyway. Make the Democrats go to court to stop him. They then show their hand and it becomes clear THEY are more concerned with illegal aliens than the American People. Once Trump signs the devil's compact he's finished. He can pressure them by starting the wall withotu the Donkeys, and force them to either accept or be irrelevant.

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