We’re pretty far down a tricky path for President Trump, whose promises on the 2016 campaign trail to build a wall on the border with Mexico were never likely to come to fruition given the process for getting legislation passed by Congress. … During the past two months, the bumpiness […] Read more »
6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump’s Declaration Of A National Emergency
More than 6-in-10 Americans disapprove of President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency so he can build barriers along the U.S border with Mexico, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News Read more »
Trump’s national emergency declaration unpopular among majority of Americans
A majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Sixty-one percent of U.S. adults said they do not approve of the president’s national emergency, while 36 percent […] Read more »
In declaring a national emergency, Trump reminds Republicans: It’s all about him
Though he expects loyalty from Republicans, President Trump has never demonstrated much fidelity to the party that he leads, and on Friday he proved it again. In declaring a national emergency to fund his border wall, the president reminded Republican lawmakers that he feels free to trample on them whenever […] Read more »
Trump keeps trying to win a base he’s already won, while forgetting everyone else
… Earlier this week, it seemed like the President was going to heed the lesson of the shutdown. He was going to sign a spending bill without funds for a border wall, the construction of which remains unpopular. Instead, Trump’s going to declare a national emergency to get his border […] Read more »
Two-thirds didn’t want Trump to declare a national emergency
Only 3-in-10 Americans said President Donald Trump should declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the border with Mexico, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS in early February. … CNN’s poll isn’t the only one to reflect an opposition to the president’s use of […] Read more »