BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/WALL: “Veterans on President Trump’s handling of Border Security – 62% Approval Rating. On being a strong leader – 59%. AP Poll. Thank you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 30, 2018 10:28 am […]
Category: Wall
12/29/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “For those that naively ask why didn’t the Republicans get approval to build the Wall over the last year, it is because IN THE SENATE WE NEED 10 DEMOCRAT VOTES, and they will gives us ‘NONE’ for Border Security! Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown. Too […]
12/29/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little […]
12/28/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a Congress & President who would approve!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/27/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “This isn’t about the Wall, everybody knows that a Wall will work perfectly (In Israel the Wall works 99.9%). This is only about the Dems not letting Donald Trump & the Republicans have a win. They may have the 10 Senate votes, but we have the issue, Border Security. 2020!” –Donald Trump, […]
12/27/2018
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is right now a full scale manhunt going on in California for an illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop. Time to get tough on Border Security. Build the Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 27, 2018 4:04 pm […]
12/27/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’Border Patrol Agents want the Wall.’ Democrat’s say they don’t want the Wall (even though they know it is really needed), and they don’t want ICE. They don’t have much to campaign on, do they? An Open Southern Border and the large scale crime that comes with such stupidity!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/27/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The reason the DACA for Wall deal didn’t get done was that a ridiculous court decision from the 9th Circuit allowed DACA to remain, thereby setting up a Supreme Court case. After ruling, Dems dropped deal – and that’s where we are today, Democrat obstruction of the needed Wall.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/27/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats OBSTRUCTION of the desperately needed Wall, where they almost all recently agreed it should be built, is exceeded only by their OBSTRUCTION of 350 great people wanting & expecting to come into Government after being delayed for more than two years, a U.S. record!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 27, 2018 2:41 […]
12/27/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The reason the DACA for Wall deal didn’t get done was that a ridiculous court decision from the 9th Circuit allowed DACA to remain, thereby setting up a Supteme Court case. After ruling, Dems dropped deal – and that’s where we are today, Democrat obstruction of the needed Wall.” -Donald Trump, […]
12/27/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border. Need to stop Drugs, Human Trafficking,Gang Members & Criminals from coming into our Country. Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 27, 2018 […]
12/26/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump dug in his heels Wednesday [12-26-18] as the partial government shutdown drags on, telling reporters during a trip to Iraq that he would do ‘whatever it takes’ to get a wall at the border with Mexico…Parts of the federal government shut down last week after lawmakers were unable to […]
12/26/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The partial government shutdown entered its fifth day Wednesday [12-26-18] with no signs of a breakthrough and hundreds of thousands of federal workers about to feel the pinch of a protracted standoff. President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders aren’t currently negotiating directly, according to GOP and Democratic aides. Staff-level discussions are […]
12/24/2018
BORDER/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I am in the Oval Office & just gave out a 115 mile long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas. We are already building and renovating many miles of Wall, some complete. Democrats must end Shutdown and finish funding. Billions of Dollars, & lives, will be saved!” -Donald […]
12/24/2018
BORDER/DEMS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. […]
12/24/2018
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Wall is different than the 25 Billion Dollars in Border Security. The complete Wall will be built with the Shutdown money plus funds already in hand. The reporting has been inaccurate on the point. The problem is, without the Wall, much of the rest of Dollars are wasted!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/24/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Virtually every Democrat we are dealing with today strongly supported a Border Wall or Fence. It was only when I made it an important part of my campaign, because people and drugs were pouring into our Country unchecked, that they turned against it. Desperately needed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 24, 2018 9:31 […]
12/23/2018
BORDER/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The most important way to stop gangs, drugs, human trafficking and massive crime is at our Southern Border. We need Border Security, and as EVERYONE knows, you can’t have Border Security without a Wall. The Drones & Technology are just bells and whistles. Safety for America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 23, 2018 […]
12/23/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The only way to stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and much else from coming into our Country is with a Wall or Barrier. Drones and all of the rest are wonderful and lots of fun, but it is only a good old fashioned Wall that works!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/22/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The crisis of illegal activity at our Southern Border is real and will not stop until we build a great Steel Barrier or Wall. Let work begin!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 22, 2018 3:03 pm […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Incoming White House acting-chief of staff Mick Mulvaney once called President Donald Trump’s views on a border wall and immigration ‘simplistic’ and ‘absurd and almost childish.’ A physical barrier would not stop undocumented immigrants from crossing the Mexican border and ranchers at the border say they don’t need a fence, Mulvaney […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As disagreements over funding for President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall brought the government to the brink of a shutdown Friday [12-21-18], Trump tweeted a rendering he described not as a wall but rather a ‘Steel Slat Barrier.’ The rendering highlights spikes on top of the proposed barrier, which Trump described as […]
12/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! https://t.co/sGltXh0cu9“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, 2018 5:14 pm […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “An array of federal departments shut down on midnight Friday after a last round of negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders failed to break the impasse over funding President Donald Trump’s border wall. It marks the third time this year that the government shut down, although this latest ‘lapse in […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With a partial government shutdown looming, President Trump late Friday [12-21-18] called on Senate Democrats to approve funds for border security in a video recording posted to Twitter, in which he paired sweeping references to crime with incendiary footage of people moving in large crowds…The video, in which the president again tried […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even President Ronald Reagan tried for 8 years to build a Border Wall, or Fence, and was unable to do so. Others also have tried. We will get it done, one way or the other!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, 2018 7:38 am […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, 2018 7:31: am […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time. People don’t want Open Borders and Crime!” -Donald […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…..on a Border is only effective in conjunction with a Wall. Properly designed and built Walls work, and the Democrats are lying when they say they don’t. In Israel the Wall is 99.9% successful. Will not be any different on our Southern Border! Hundreds of $Billions saved!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats are trying to belittle the concept of a Wall, calling it old fashioned. The fact is there is nothing else’s that will work, and that has been true for thousands of years. It’s like the wheel, there is nothing better. I know tech better than anyone, & technology…..” -Donald Trump, […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/DEMS/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senator Mitch McConnell should fight for the Wall and Border Security as hard as he fought for anything. He will need Democrat votes, but as shown in the House, good things happen. If enough Dems don’t vote, it will be a Democrat Shutdown! House Republicans were great yesterday!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thank you to our GREAT Republican Members of Congress for your VOTE to fund Border Security and the Wall. The final numbers were 217-185 and many have said that the enthusiasm was greater than they have ever seen before. So proud of you all. Now on to the Senate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/20/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump reversed his position on a possible government shutdown Thursday [12-20-18] amid rising anger from his conservative base on several fronts. As Trump obsessively monitored criticism from the right casting him as an inept negotiator being rolled by Congressional Democrats, he came to second-guess his earlier decision to sign […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When I begrudgingly signed the Omnibus Bill, I was promised the Wall and Border Security by leadership. Would be done by end of year (NOW). It didn’t happen! We foolishly fight for Border Security for other countries – but not for our beloved U.S.A. Not good!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 20, 2018 […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/ICE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!” -Donald […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats, who know Steel Slats (Wall) are necessary for Border Security, are putting politics over Country. What they are just beginning to realize is that I will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure, unless it has perfect Border Security. U.S.A. WINS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 20, 2018 7:28 am […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Rattled by accusations he was caving on his promised border wall, President Donald Trump instead bowed to a conservative backlash. After signaling earlier in the week that he was backing off a government shutdown threat, Trump rapidly changed course on Thursday [12-20-18], informing House Republican leaders that he would not sign a […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as House Republicans approved a package Thursday [12-20-18] with his $5.7 billion request that is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate. The White House said Trump will not travel to Florida on Friday [12-21-18] […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-19-18] said the U.S. military will construct his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, insisting that it will be built ‘one way or the other’ while seemingly walking back threats to shut down the government if Congress fails to appropriate for the wall by the end of […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 19, 2018 8:43 […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/DEMS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In our Country, so much money has been poured down the drain, for so many years, but when it comes to Border Security and the Military, the Democrats fight to the death. We won on the Military, which is being completely rebuilt. One way or the other, we will win on the […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/DEMS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In our Country, so much money has been poured down the drain, for so many years, but the Democrats fight us like cats and dogs when it comes to spending on Boarder Security (including a Wall) and the Military. We won on the Military, it is being completely rebuilt. We will win…” […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/POLLS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If parts of the federal government shut down later this week, most voters will blame President Donald Trump and Republicans over Democratic minorities in Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The holiday brinkmanship in Washington comes as the government must approve a series of spending bills to stay open past […]
12/18/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/GOVERNMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mitch McConnell thinks he’s gotten President Donald Trump to back off his shutdown threat. And it’s looking increasingly likely to come with a short-term punt. The Senate majority leader emerged from a lengthy party lunch after a flurry of mixed signals from the White House to declare there will be no […]
12/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate’s top Republican said Tuesday [12-18-18] he’s confident that lawmakers and the White House will be able to avoid a government shutdown even though Democrats have rejected the GOP’s proposal for ending the impasse…Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is exploring ‘different’ sources to pay for his proposed wall along the Mexican border, […]
12/18/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress appear to be pulling back from a government shutdown over his $5 billion request for border wall funds. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicates that Trump doesn’t want to shut down the government, though just last week he said he’d be ‘proud’ to […]
12/18/2018
BUDGET/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Republicans are drafting a stopgap spending bill to extend the funding deadline for approximately 25% of the federal government until February 8, according to three sources. The decision to move forward on the short-term plan hasn’t been finalized, the sources said. There are still senators who are urging GOP leaders to […]
12/17/2018
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is testing the patience of the GOP. Increasingly, what he thinks is best for himself and his base — like shutting down the federal government over his demands for a border wall — is not necessarily what is in the long- or short-term interest of his party. Until now, […]
12/17/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched a new webpage Wednesday titled ‘Walls Work.’ The four-page document stresses that, under President Donald Trump, federal officials are committed to ‘building wall and building wall quickly.’ It promises that DHS will be able to erect an additional 330 miles of barrier if Congress approves […]
12/17/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Anytime you hear a Democrat saying that you can have good Border Security without a Wall, write them off as just another politician following the party line. Time for us to save billions of dollars a year and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/17/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Anytime you hear a Democrat saying that you can have good Boarder Security without a Wall, write them off as just another politician following the party line. Time for us to save billions of dollars a year and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/14/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is mulling the prospect of making a counter-offer to Democratic leaders that would prevent a partial government shutdown and kick the border wall fight into next year, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. While the specifics of that offer are unclear, Republicans on Capitol Hill are increasingly […]
12/13/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has begun to tie his seemingly abandoned campaign promise that Mexico will pay for the construction of a wall on the U.S. border to the newly negotiated trade pact that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a Thursday [12-13-18] tweet, Trump, using dubious logic, declared that […]
12/13/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I often stated, ‘One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.’ This has never changed. Our new deal with Mexico (and Canada), the USMCA, is so much better than the old, very costly & anti-USA NAFTA deal, that just by the money we save, MEXICO IS PAYING […]
12/13/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has been vague on how Mexico would pay for his border wall and has suggested various ways this could happen — including imposing fees on visas and border crossings from Mexico or paying through ‘reimbursement.’ On Tuesday [12-11-18], he demanded the money from congressional appropriations. Then, on Thursday [12-13-18] […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump just made it nearly impossible for Republicans to blame Democrats for an increasingly likely partial government shutdown. But they’re going to try anyway. House Republicans are considering passing a stopgap spending bill that provides $5 billion for Trump’s border wall, essentially daring Senate Democrats to accept it […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi privately questioned President Donald Trump’s ‘manhood’ after a contentious meeting Tuesday [12-11-18] about funding his wall at the southern border…Pelosi, in a feisty mood after the heated exchange with the President, also compared the President to a skunk…The press-filled Oval Office meeting had been slated […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘This has spiraled downward,’ Nancy Pelosi declared. That turned out to be an understatement. For 17 awkward and tense minutes in the Oval Office on Tuesday [12-11-18], President Donald Trump and his Democratic adversaries — Pelosi, the expected incoming House speaker, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader — clashed […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday [12-11-18] to shut down the government over his demand for a multi-billion dollar border wall during a remarkable televised clash with the top House and Senate Democrats in the Oval Office. Trump traded taunts and threats with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy […]
BORDER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nancy Pelosi was on fire with her fellow Democrats. Minutes after a very public showdown with Donald Trump on Tuesday [12-11-18] over his border wall with Mexico, the House minority leader returned to the Capitol and railed against the president in a private meeting with her colleagues…Congressional Democrats are feeling smug […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump clashed sharply with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a remarkable Oval Office meeting before reporters Tuesday [12-11-18], with the president threatening to shut down the government and the Democrats warning him they will not bend. In a pitched partisan argument televised for all to see, the […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….People do not yet realize how much of the Wall, including really effective renovation, has already been built. If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, […]
12/11/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…..I look forward to my meeting with Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi. In 2006, Democrats voted for a Wall, and they were right to do so. Today, they no longer want Border Security. They will fight it at all cost, and Nancy must get votes for Speaker. But the Wall […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….however, for strictly political reasons and because they have been pulled so far left, do NOT want Border Security. They want Open Borders for anyone to come in. This brings large scale crime and disease. Our Southern Border is now Secure and will remain that way…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/ICE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…..Ice, Border Patrol and our Military have done a FANTASTIC job of securing our Southern Border. A Great Wall would be, however, a far easier & less expensive solution. We have already built large new sections & fully renovated others, making them like new. The Democrats,…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite the large Caravans that WERE forming and heading to our Country, people have not been able to get through our newly built Walls, makeshift Walls & Fences, or Border Patrol Officers & Military. They are now staying in Mexico or going back to their original countries…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It was Round 1: Nancy Pelosi vs. President Trump. The likely new House speaker arrived at the White House on Tuesday [12-11-18] afternoon, ready to take on the president. The subject was a potential government shutdown, and funding for Mr. Trump’s beloved wall. What followed was a remarkable televised exchange […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump openly fought with the top two Democratic lawmakers in the Oval Office on Tuesday [12-11-18] about government funding, as disagreements over a U.S.-Mexico border wall prompted Trump repeatedly to threaten a late December government shutdown. Trump’s demand for billions of dollars to build the southwest border […]
12/10/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump’s meeting Tuesday [12-11-18] with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer may go a long way toward determining whether the government enters a partial shutdown before Christmas. But as Democrats seriously re-engage with Trump for the first time in nearly a year, their broad distrust of the president has expectations […]
12/6/2018
ARIZONA/BORDER/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Arizona, together with our Military and Border Patrol, is bracing for a massive surge at a NON-WALLED area. WE WILL NOT LET THEM THROUGH. Big danger. Nancy and Chuck must approve Boarder Security and the Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 6, 2018 10:15 pm […]
12/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress steered clear of a shutdown Thursday [12-6-18], but the parties are no closer to resolving the battle over President Donald Trump’s wall as Democratic leaders prepare to meet with Trump next week. Democrats are urging Republicans to sidestep a Christmastime fight over Trump’s wall and simply extend current border security funding […]
12/6/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on the definition of a border wall — let alone the project itself — and the rift could lead to a partial government shutdown later this month. Senators came to a bipartisan agreement this summer to provide $1.6 billion for 65 miles of a beefed-up barrier […]
12/4/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Could somebody please explain to the Democrats (we need their votes) that our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months. Get it done!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 4, […]
12/3/2018
BORDER/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We would save Billions of Dollars if the Democrats would give us the votes to build the Wall. Either way, people will NOT be allowed into our Country illegally! We will close the entire Southern Border if necessary. Also, STOP THE DRUGS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 8:45 am […]
11/29/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DHS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed President Donald Trump Thursday [11-29-18] for holding up spending talks and offered his own hard line as a fight over Trump’s border wall heats up. Schumer said Trump could either accept a bipartisan bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security or simply extend […]
11/28/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “California officials on both sides of the aisle are warning that President Trump’s repeated vows to close the border with Mexico ‘for a long time’ — to thwart what he claims are security threats posed by refugee caravans — will have disastrous long-term economic and human impacts on the state. Trump on […]
11/28/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump told House Republican leaders on Tuesday [11-27-18] that Congress must accede to his demand to include $5 billion for a southern border wall in a hefty year-end spending bill, intensifying a fight over one of his signature campaign promises that could lead to a partial government shutdown next week. With […]
11/28/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he would ‘totally be willing’ to shut down the federal government unless Congress authorized $5 billion to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a Politico interview published on Wednesday [11-28-18]. Trump also told the news outlet that the suggested $5 billion […]
11/27/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s renewed demand for U.S. taxpayer funding of his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall was threatening again on Tuesday [11-27-18] to bring on a budget standoff and a partial government shutdown, leaving Congress just 11 days to act. With time running short, Trump and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of […]
11/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Republicans and Democrats MUST come together, finally, with a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall. After 40 years of talk, it is finally time for action. Fix the Border, for once and for all, NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 23, 2018 7:41 am […]
11/21/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress just can’t help itself: With a partial government shutdown potentially two weeks away, Democrats and Republicans are dug in, each side upping its demands and vowing not to buckle to the other. President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to obtain at least $5 billion for his border wall, far more than […]
11/7/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-7-18] said he hopes he can work with Congress on immigration to fund his border wall, as well as possibly addressing the thousands of young immigrants living in the United States without legal status. Speaking to reporters at the White House after Tuesday’s [11-6-18] congressional elections, […]
11/2/2018
ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “WITH IMMIGRATION taking such a major role in the elections, we started wondering yesterday whether there was a plan in place to fund PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S border wall. Each person we spoke to in the Capitol said they had no idea how the fight would play out, and noted that there are […]
10/22/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘Shock report: US paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump’s wall’ https://t.co/FX3ljN7kPS“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October22, 2018 12:52 pm […]
10/1/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said three times this afternoon that he must now decide whether to push for more funding for the border wall in December — toning down a threat he previously espoused with certainty…The president has for months been throwing around the idea of forcing a government shutdown to get Congress […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] morning about the ‘ridiculous spending bill’ making its way through Congress, demanding answers on funding for his long-promised border wall but stopping short of calling for a government shutdown before this fall’s midterm elections…The president has complained loudly and regularly throughout his first two years in […]
9/20/2018
DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Raising the specter of a government shutdown in just 10 days, President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] that a spending plan pushed by congressional Republicans is ‘ridiculous’ because it does not include funding for a border wall with Mexico. Trump tweeted that he wants to know ‘where is the money for Border […]
9/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:43 am […]
9/19/2018
AFRICA/IMMIGRATION/SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump recommended building a wall across the Sahara to solve Europe’s migrant crisis, Spain’s foreign minister says. Josep Borrell, also a former President of the European Parliament, disagreed with the strategy. The comments came during a visit Mr Borrell made to the US at the end of June. Mr Trump’s pledge […]
9/15/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When will Republican leadership learn that they are being played like a fiddle by the Democrats on Border Security and Building the Wall? Without Borders, we don’t have a country. With Open Borders, which the Democrats want, we have nothing but crime! Finish the Wall!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2018 5:38 […]
9/13/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday [9-13-18] moved to put off until after the Nov. 6 elections decisions on future funding for President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar southwest border wall, as lawmakers advanced legislation funding many other government programs. Racing against a Sept. 30 deadline when the current fiscal year ends, Republicans and Democrats […]
9/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [9-6-18] a possible shutdown of the U.S. government over border wall funding ‘most likely’ would not happen until after the November congressional elections. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he had been persuaded that closing the government would hurt his fellow Republican candidates. Trump […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government over border security issues. In answer to a question from a reporter, Trump said: ‘If it’s about border security, I’m willing to do anything. We have to protect our borders.’” –Reuters Staff, “Trump says willing […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/ELECTIONS/GOVERMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] held out the possibility of a government shutdown before the November elections over his effort to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as Republican congressional leaders publicly urged him away from that path and predicted it wouldn’t occur…Trump’s stance on whether he’d force a […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government if Congress does not provide enough funding for border security, reversing a stance he took a day earlier. Trump made his comments at a meeting with congressional Republican leaders at the White House about the […]
8/28/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico’s foreign minister denied Tuesday [8-28-18] that his country would pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, after President Donald Trump once again told reporters it would happen. Trump, speaking just a day after touting a new trade agreement with Mexico, told reporters following a meeting with Gianni Infantino, president of […]
8/23/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday [8-23-18] for legislation to fund much of the government, including $675 billion for the Department of Defense, as lawmakers worked to minimize the risk of a government shutdown before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The Senate voted 85-7 to pass the $854 […]
8/20/2018
BORDER/CRIME/DEMS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Monday [8-20-18] criticized Democratic lawmakers who are against his proposed border wall, saying they are ‘people that don’t mind crime.’ The president delivered his criticism during an event at the White House saluting members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection. Several Republican officials attended, […]
8/6/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration could potentially waste billions of dollars on a border wall because it failed to fully account for factors like varying terrain and land ownership along the Southwest border, according to a new report. The report, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that Customs and Border Protection, the agency […]