BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has run into a wall. It’s the new Democratic House. In the first Oval Office address of his presidency, Trump argued Tuesday [1-8-19] night that a dire security and humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border has made it imperative for Congress to approve his immigration proposal, including allocating $5.7 billion for a wall he said will block illegal immigration and illicit drugs. ‘How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?’ the president said in a blunt appeal to congressional Democrats after detailing horrific murders undocumented immigrants are accused of committing in California, Georgia and Maryland. ‘To those who refused to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask, imagine if it was your child, your husband or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken.'”
–Susan Page, “Analysis: President Donald Trump hits a wall – the new Democratic House,” USA Today, January 9, 2019 5:38 pm