It is among the first duties of the President of the United States to protect the American people from foreign threats. The President is doing everything in his power to overcome the obstructionist Democrats in the House and Senate, and build a wall that will prevent drugs from pouring over the Southern border and halt migrant caravan invaders. Because of the imminent dangers on the Southern border, it is important for the President to use his executive power to declare a National Emergency, which is very Constitutional. The National Emergency declaration can be blocked by a 2/3 majority in each chamber of Congress, or it could be blocked in circuit courts, and eventually, by the Supreme Court. The President is simply using the full extent of his power as the head executive to ensure this country has secure borders. In addition, former President Ronald Reagan stated the importance of strong borders: "A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation." Regarding these words of the former President, our current President is using his Constitutional executive power to preserve our security, our welfare, and our nation.
Trump may not be the first president to call a national emergency but his intentions are different from most. He believes that the rules don't apply to him. There are three branches of the government for a reason. The power in our government needs to be distributed between these branches or our country will turn into a tyranny. Trump has been weaving his way around the branches to get what he wants. Trump does not believe these powers need to be distributed and because of his national emergency, all of the power lies on him until he gets what he wants which is to build a wall. Trump needs to rethink his decisions about the wall.
We shouldn’t blame and punish billionaires because they so happen to have a fortune. The only time, we should ever punish a billionaire, is if they use their money in a bad way. For example, we should punish a billionaire, if they use their money to purchase expensive weapons and they use it to attack people. Another example might be if the billionaire spends most or all of his money to purchase drugs and alcohol.
I honestly don’t know why Trump is declaring a national emergency in the first place. It will cause a lot of problems, since he is bypassing Congress in doing it. He didn’t get permission from the Congress to declare the emergency. Why? Because it really isn’t a national “emergency.”
An emergency (in general) is something dangerous that needs immediate action. In the video, Trump even said it himself. He specifically said, “I didn’t need to do this.” That is the one and only thing I agree with him about. He is only declaring an emergency because he wants funding for his border wall. He already started an unnecessary government shutdown because he wants the wall. Now, he is bypassing Congress and declaring a national emergency. Trump should not have declared a national emergency. He should’ve done it for something more important than his wall.
@D.D.
I agree. Calling a national emergency should be the last resort to any problem and you are right that Trump certainly should not have called this one if he admits that he did not need to. I also agree that there are many much more pressing issues in our country currently than the fact that Trump did not get the money he wanted for a wall that we honestly do not need.
Donald Trump is taking it too far with this National Emergency business. He uses every possible process that he needs in order to get his own way about this wall of his, that probably won't serve its purpose in the future. Why did he have to use the National Emergency as a way to keep funding for the wall? He's already shutting down the government any time he wants. Once he got tired of shutting down the government and leaving thousands of people working without getting paid their usual paycheck, he decided to sign the National Emergency. The wall is getting out of hand, and Trump himself knows this. Most people understand that immigrants coming into our country is great, but we're also running out of space. In Trump's point of view, if we block them out, none will come in. The same words are used over and over. To protect us from "gangs" and "criminals". We have police to handle these criminals. We don't need a wall to block them out, along with thousands of people who need help. The entire video is an excuse for what he wants; his wall.
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@Benga Oni I agree with you. He is acting equivalent to a baby, doing whatever it takes to get what he wants. This is embarassing for our President who is representing our country. Imagine what the other countries think about us.
I do not think this is a national emergency as Mr. Trump has stated. He also stated that this is an invasion of our country then he is stating all of cons that come with this so called “invasion of our country”. He also clearly stated a numerous amount of times that there hasn’t been a problem when nobody else signed it because nobody cares which proves him wrong meaning that this is not a national emergency or an emergency at all. President Trump also implied that his “problem” was far worse than the other times presidents have called a national emergency because he says “they’ve signed it for far less important things in some cases.” He was also talking about it in a sing-songy mocking way. He brought up the 2020 election as if he was going to win it 100%. Personally, I think he only won the 2016 election because of luck and the pure stupidity of Americans. I don’t think he is going to win the 2020 election because I think people have realized the mistake Americans made by electing him president and the embarrassment he has caused us.
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Horrible. This video is absolutely horrible. Let’s break down the video. He is hardly understandable. He is saying that when former presidents have signed for a national emergency, that there was never a problem with it. Well, maybe that is because other presidents weren’t declaring an emergency about something that is not an emergency. Next, he says there is “an invasion of our country.” OH REALLY?! We were invaded? Did I miss that invasion? I only noticed some people trying to migrate to our country to escape dangerous things in other countries. Whenever Mr. Trump says that, I always have to wonder if he understands the entire point of our country. In our national anthem it literally says “O'er the land of the free,” meaning anyone is allowed here and all who are here have freedom. Trump is just taking that and throwing it all in the trash saying that immigrants are ‘terrorists, criminals, and rapists.’ He says it with such a tone where it seems like he didn't know terrorists, criminals, and rapists can also be Americans and live here already, and like he didn’t seem to know that our country is made up of immigrants and the children of immigrants who came for a better life. He acts like immigrants are the causes of all evil in the USA. Horrible!
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@Liam S.
I agree with everything that I have He has never put his mind in a refugee's shoes. His reasons are there are rapists and murderers. There is no invasion, and he is just paranoid. He is born into a pampered family with everything he could possibly want. All he cares about is the economy and jobs. And what is a wall going to do? A wall divides relationships. He doesn't know that there are people who require a safe haven. He is a selfish and careless man, who has the looks and acts like a dictator.
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In my opinion I feel that President Trump is using the national emergency as an excuse to get what he wants. He tried to get his wall by getting approval from the government, but when the government said they would not give him all the money he wanted he did whatever it took to get it. First by shutting down the government and leaving thousands of people without pay until he got his way, and when that didn't work he went and declared a national emergency. I think him saying that he didn't have to declare a national emergency, he just wanted to get it done faster kind of contradicts the idea of it being an "emergency". I think if he does this and it works he will believe that the next time there is something he wants, and he is having trouble getting his way, he can just go and declare a national emergency and get whatever he wants.
I think Trump declaring a national emergency for the border wall was not right what so ever. In my opinion, Mr. Trump did pull the "national emergency" card at the wrong time. Trump in his speech also said that he 'Didn't need to declare an emergency', then the question becomes why did he do it then? I think that President Trump does not realize how valuable it is to call a national emergency and he is just declaring an emergency because he did not get what he wanted. His reason for a national emergency was “I want to get it done faster, that’s all.” I think President Trump’s emergency declaration designed to secure funding for a wall at the southern border of the United States sets a dangerous precedent in regard to the balance of power that exists between the branches of the federal government. President Trump already put many Americans through the longest government shutdown in history because he claims that the Democrats did not provide the fundings for the wall. In his 2016 elections he "promised" Americans that he will build the wall between Mexico and the Mexicans will pay for all of it.
I firmly believe that the wall is of no use. People will find another way to get across the border somehow. President Trump is building the wall to show that he is a 'protective' and 'strong' leader. All he is trying to do is win the 2020 presidential elections. I think President Trump called a national emergency because he always wants things to go his way.
In my opinion, I think that there wasn’t any good reason for Mr.Trump to call an emergency to build a wall. In his speech he said that he didn’t have to do it, so my thing is why are you calling it an emergency. The exact definition of emergency is “a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action”. Building this wall is in no way dangerous if it doesn’t happen and also does not require action right away. We haven’t had a wall there ever and no all of a sudden this “know-it-all” white guy thinks that we should build one. And not only does he want to build one but he wants it to happen right now, right away. Oh, and here another thing. When he was giving his speech he spoke in some type of weird song format. To me, this shows that he wasn’t taking anything he was saying seriously, and like I said before an emergency is supposed to be something serious. I think that we shouldn’t build the wall at all. I also can’t wait until Mr.Trump's four years are up because we need a new leader. Someone who not only knows what they're doing but also know how to care for the people of America.
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I do not think this national emergency was necessary. President Trump himself said “I didn’t need to do this,” which proves that this isn’t an emergency. He also said that “there’s rarely been a problem, they sign it, nobody cares,” referring to other presidents signing national emergencies. He believes that a national emergency gives him the power, and it is never for an important reason, however, that defeats the point of it being an ‘emergency.’ National emergencies always have addressed an important purpose or cause but this emergency is just so Mr. Trump can get his wall and accomplish something for the upcoming elections, which he mentions many times. “I’ve already done a lot of wall, for the elections.” he states. I do not think making a wall is worth so much fuss. Obviously our country does not want this, he did not get approval during the government shutdown and he will not get approval now. We were fine without a wall before and we will be now too. Our president is misusing his authority and not benefitting us. This wall has already caused us many problems and we do not need it.
I personally think that President Trump's emergency declaration for the wall was unnecessary. Of course to him and his supporters, this is a promise that he made during his election. Compared to the mass shootings that have killed and injured multiple people during his presidency, he used his presidential power to call upon a national emergency on the wall and referenced to the murders of the people with "thoughts and prayers" because according to him, this wall is much more important than his breathing and living citizens. He had created the longest government shutdown because of his wish for the wall and the outcome is this? If one side does not agree, so be it. He said he would make a compromise, but what kind of compromise is this?
In the video and his speech talking about the national emergency, he was stating his issues with trying to fund for the wall in a sing song matter. If all this was happening, maybe he should have caught on with the fact that maybe funding for the wall was not the best idea for everyone. Mr. Trump even compared the wall as an issue bigger than other things declared before. He stated, "They sign it, for far less important things..". I find it funny how he compares emergencies like this, seeing as his wall can be found in the "less important things" category.
I believe that Trump called this national emergency just to get what he wants. We all know that President Trump wants the wall for several reasons, The main reason is just keep Mexicans, Central Americans, and South Americans out of the U.S.A. Trump could have saved this national emergency for something more urgent, like another ‘Great Depression’ for example. What really proves my point is when Trump says, “I didn’t need to do it.” Which makes things worse for this country. Other countries already look at us and look away in disgust. The government can be using their money on more important things than the wall. For example, raising teachers’ wages throughout the whole country. The government could also use the money on homeless
war veterans and buy them houses/shelter to stay in. I really don’t understand the meaning of the wall. This country was built on diversity. If we really want to get into history, the Native Americans were here first. Then, the Europeans, which a couple of years later brought over African Slaves. Then, other people from Asia, Europe and Russia migrated over here to this country. The United States of America is the ‘Great Mixing Pot’. This country needs diversity. I don’t see no difference, if your a boy or girl, gay or straight, male or female, kid or adult. Any and everybody deserves to be in this country.
National emergencies are for serious occurrences. A natural disaster could warrant one. Or maybe violent conflict. It's a shame and a mockery of the constitution for President Trump to use his power to make a political statement about an issue that absolutely isn't the most crucial problem the U.S. faces right now. The justice system is incredibly controversial. 1 in 8 U.S. citizens is considered to be living in poverty. Racism is obviously present in a modern America. The environment is in a downward spiral (ex. global warming, deforestation). People don't even have clean water, and yet, the president is focused on keeping immigrants out of an immigrant-built country. The real issues that he's ducking accountability for and motions to fix are plaguing our country. Trump can't get what he wants from congress so he's going over their heads. It's his way or the highway. We need to find real solutions to real problems if the state of the U.S. is ever going to truly improve.
@Zephyr Spatz I agree with this statement because I also feel as though President Trump is abusing his powers as president and even stating how he will win in court which may even cause more controversy if he does because he stated that they are biased. I also feel as though there are other problems in the country that the president should address but he is neglecting that for the sake of his own pride and the "promise" he made to his supporters about putting the wall up.
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In an earlier article I discussed the possible outcomes of the government shutdown, with President Trump declaring a national emergency, being one of them. I do not believe that this matter is a national emergency, and he even subconsciously states how he doesn't have to do it but he just wants it done quicker. He is abusing his powers as president and even unprofessionally bragging about how it would go through the Supreme Court and he would still win. It shows how irresponsible he is and shows the other branches of the government that they actually don't have a say in what happens because he could just use his power and status to get what he wants. A national emergency is a something that has to be done urgent in order to help the U.S citizens. If you call for a national emergency that most of the U.S doesn't think there is a need for it than it shows how selfish you truly are and that you actually aren't for the people.
@Abdoul Diallo I agree. Trump is an embarrassment to the people of this country. He's clearly just using the power he has for his own benefit. He literally said he didn't have to call a national emergency. There were so many signs and facts supporting the point that a wall won't fix our problems. That shows how stubborn and closed-minded he is. I can honestly say I've met 4th graders that are more logical than him.
I do not think that the declaration of a national emergency was necessary, or right at all. I think that he only called it because he thinks that the wall is necessary to prove that he accomplished something in office. There is much more pressing issues in the country that certainly could be classified as a national emergency, such as extreme poverty, health care, and the Flint Michigan water crisis. I think that he abused his power as the "man in charge" and now he will have to explain to the country why he called a national emergency, for something that he stated himself that he did not need to declare a national emergency for. By doing that, he abused his power, and I believe that the wall will not benefit the country, it will just be a waste of time and money.
I believe that this should not be considered a national emergency and that should be reserved for things more urgent. President Trump even said, “I didn’t need to do it”. This isn’t going to benefit the country, if anything, it will make things worse. He is misusing his power of the presidency to do something that he didn’t need to do. I think that he is doing this in such a rush to try to prove he did something in his presidency, when in reality he has only made things worse. I feel like Trump doesn’t treat the fact that he called a national emergency a big deal and doesn’t take it seriously. National emergencies are reserved for things that completely stop the country and have to be fixed immediately, this wasn't that urgent that he had to declare a national emergency. We didn’t have a huge wall before and we were fine without one so why do we have to have one now and why does it need to happen so quickly all of a sudden?
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I do not think that President Trump’s actions were justified and I believe that he has blown up an issue in a desperate attempt to prove himself. Nothing has changed drastically from last year to this year to make the controversy over the wall a national emergency. I believe that Trump is doing the wrong thing and that there are much more pressing issues that we should put our government’s and citizen’s money towards. The article also discussed how the wall is invading people’s property and will affect many lives. I feel that the whole situation is bad and that Trump isn’t using his power to do the right things. The fact that President Trump feels that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize is in itself absurd. Is creating a wall to keep people out of the country Nobel Prize worthy? I do not think that Trump calling a national emergency is appropriate or called for and I believe that it will hurt more people than it will help.
I do think that the only reason is to secure the funding for his wall. I feel that the president decided to call a state of emergencies to take the funds for the wall is in called for because our country has protocols for things like building a wall that needs a lot of money which would most likely come from our taxpayers. So the fact that the president is not going through the protocol of getting approval first is precisely what our founding fathers were afraid of. They placed the different branches to check and balance the power so that one person won't act like a king and do whatever they feel is right, so by going over congresses head is acting like he doesn't have to follow any of the rules. Also, he is putting the idea into his successors, and all the presidents that come after that they can do that which ultimately demeans and takes power from Congress, saying that all the president has to do to get what they want to be done is call a state of emergency.
First off, I don't think trump needed to call the project for finishing the wall an “emergency”, because the finish of the wall isn't an emergency. Apparently, it is “so important” to try and keep non white people out of this country, so we must finish the wall. This is ridiculous, a national emergency is a situation such as the postal service going on strike or space aliens invading our country, NOT trying to finish some stupid wall to keep people out of “our land”, but last time I checked this land belonged to no one. So I'm confused why there trying to keep people out of our country, non diversity isn't fun, a bunch of white people I a country is not fun, especially racist white people. We need diversity, that is what makes the world turn and the sunshine, racism makes it thunder and lightning and pour down rain. Who is this wall going to do good for, I know not us, or them.
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I think Trump’s wall is an excuse to call a national emergency. I think the wall is also an excuse to show that he tried to do work during his time in office and didn’t just sit there doing nothing. Trump said that presidents in the past have signed it but no one cared. He also said, “I guess they weren’t too exciting.” He then went on to say the reason for declaring a national emergency was, “I want to get it done faster, that’s all.” Other presidents actually had a reason to call national emergency but Trump really has no good reason to do it at all. His actions and words are just making himself look very unprofessional.
I feel like Mr. Trump is overreacting about the situation. He's taking a small problem, and manipulating people to make his problem seem more of a big deal than it actually is. He's trying to get people to give him money for his wall project and is abusing his power just to get what he wants. Whatever happened to "give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?" I'm sure we have that quote on the Liberty Statue for a reason. Where have America's morales come?
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In my opinion, I think that there wasn’t any good reason for Mr.Trump to call an emergency to build a wall. In his speech he said that he didn’t have to do it, so my thing is why are you calling it an emergency. The exact definition of emergency is “a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action”. Building this wall is in no way dangerous if it doesn’t happen and also does not require action right away. We haven’t had a wall there ever and no all of a sudden this “know-it-all” white guy thinks that we should build one. And not only does he want to build one but he wants it to happen right now, right away. Oh, and here another thing. When he was giving his speech he spoke in some type of weird song format. To me, this shows that he wasn’t taking anything he was saying seriously, and like I said before an emergency is supposed to be something serious. I think that we shouldn’t build the wall at all. I also can’t wait until Mr.Trump's four years are up because we need a new leader. Someone who not only knows what they're doing but also know how to care for the people of America.
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President Trump's call for a national emergency is very unnecessary and not appropriate because the military should not have to get involved in the process of building the boarder wall by Mexico. However, I do not think his emergency declaration designed to secure funding for the wall sets a dangerous precedent in regard to the balance of power that exists between the branches of the federal government because Trump does not have the power to create the wall right away. There is a long process that must be completed before breaking ground on the boarder wall project, so before he actually starts building the wall, then we cannot worry that his idea is dangerous to the balance of power within the government.
There is no crisis at the border. Trump said that he didn’t need to declare a national emergency. That is because he wants one He wants to avoid checks and balances and just do whatever he wants. He’s abusing his power, and we can’t let it slide. A national emergency means that there is some serious impending danger, not illegal immigrants (who are coming to our country less and less frequently since 2000 and commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens). He talks about how presidents in the past have called for national emergencies because of insignificant things. However, that does not excuse his actions. He should try to be the bigger person.
How long will we let this go on? First, it was the government shutdown, which negatively impacted hundreds of thousands of government workers. He got 1.3 billion dollars just because the Democrats didn’t want the shutdown to go any longer. Now he has abused his power. This is just for a wall! He just wants to appear strong, like a good leader that protects its people. This wall is just stroking his ego. Who knows what he will do when he doesn’t get his way.
The worst part is, a wall isn’t going to fix our problems. Most illegal immigrants come into our country by overstaying their visas. This wall is for nothing, and we’re spending money just to keep our president from having a temper tantrum.
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I think it's absurd that Trump is calling a national emergency because he needs money to fund his wall. I think he is worrying wI think it's absurd that Trump is calling a national emergency because he needs money to fund his wall. I think he is worrying way too much about his wall then the election coming up. His to cocky, I think he believes his money will buy him the election. He is way too confident in his re-election. I do not believe that calling a national emergency should be in just the president's hand. They should make it a presidents approval including a 2/3 vote in the Congress. This would allow it to be fair and have good judgment whether or not we need one. His focused way too much on his wall then the upcoming election. He is too cocky, I think he believes his money will buy him the election. He is way too confident in his re-election. I do not believe that calling a national emergency should be in just the president's hand. They should make it a presidents approval including a 2/3 vote in the Congress. This would allow it to be fair and have good judgment whether or not we need one.
Trump isn't the first president to declare a national emergency and will not be the last. Throughout the years, a "national emergency" has been used with issues which stand out throughout the country. With every year new issues emerge, and although to some the border for protection isn't an issue sufficient enough for a national emergency, that opinion is individual. This matter is one that Trump believes in and at the end of the day, being president, he will do what he believes is right and just.
President Trump's decision to call a national emergency to have his wall built is a danger to the whole country and a poor use of power. The three branches of the federal government are meant to be equally powerful, according to checks and balances. This abuse of power from the President definitely sets a "dangerous" precedent in regards to the three branches. The misuse of power on President Trump's part shows the imbalance between the three branches and the danger that the future between them could hold.
@Olivia Coppinger
I absolutely agree. Trump is abusing his power and will do anything just to get his way. His declaration of a national emergency just so he can get the money to build a wall is setting a very bad example for future presidents. The very core of our federal government is being degraded. I think that this situation could permanently create an imbalance between our three branches of government.
Trump's "declaration of emergency" brings me great fear. The founding fathers created a government based on checks and balances and democracy. The Father's of our country carefully crafted a government where each political party has a say, and no one branch of the government obtains more power than another. America's government was crafted to protect the people from tyranny, making sure that no one has too much power. Trump is finding using loopholes in order to find a way to get what he wants, no matter how absurd. Trump is becoming a tyrant, finding loopholes in the system put forth to protect the people. He's put himself on a pedestal against the rest of the branches. This scares me because if he continues this path he is taking makes me wonder what other decisions he can make bypassing the rest of the government. Trump says he is protecting the people when he is truly putting us in danger.
I do not believe President Trump's emergency declaration sets a "dangerous" precedent in regards to balance of power. This is because he does not have the power to make something happen right away. It is a process that has to go through the branches of government. Overall, I do not think it is right to say he is threatening the balance of powers.
@Jason M. I disagree completely. I believe that Mr. Trump's blatant abuse of his power sets a dangerous precedent in regards to the balance of power. If he is able to easily abuse his position to accomplish his own unreasonable agenda like this, it paves a way for power abuse in the future. People should be able to just push through the correct procedures and do their own thing.
It is obvious that Trump is taking advantage of his power as president by declaring a national emergency. I think he is wrong for doing this even though other presidents have because his cause is not even close to an emergency compared to others in the past like 9/11. Especially because we don't even know if the wall will solve any problems. It's frustrating to many how he thinks Mexicans who cross the border are "invading" when really they are just coming to find blue-collar jobs that most Americans don't even want.
I think Trump's overall reason for doing this is to stick by his promise of building a wall by 2020. He promised this in 2017 and now in early 2019, he is running out of time to fulfill that promise, causing him to take drastic measures by calling this national emergency and taking money from military funding.
Trump's speech declaring a national emergency in the country was a situation where he abused his power as president. Trump said in his speech, “It’s an invasion,” he added. “We have an invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country.” An "invasion" of people coming into our country does not justify as a reason to call for a national emergency, however, this act does show an abuse of power in the President. The power between the branches is uneven at the moment, with the executive branch with more power. Trump has been finding ways around the legislative branch in order to build his wall. In his speech, he predicted that the executive and legislative branch would go back and forth during the process and in the end, Trump wants to reach the Supreme Court where he has his party lined up. We can see a dangerous precedent arising between the powers in the federal branches now that Trump has declared a national emergency.
I believe that Trump's declaration of a state of emergency is an abuse of his power. Although he could go about wall correctly, very slowly, and rigorously, Trump expects to receive what he wants, which is money to build the wall at the Mexican Border. Instead of enduring a long rigorous process, which would help show his supporters his persistence and confidence in his decisions, he is finding a way around the normalized steps of acquiring funding from congress for the wall. By him finding an alternate, faster, and easier way around this situation, he is taking advantage of his powers to call a state of emergency, as he is not going about such an issue as most other figures in government such as many past presidents, would approach a similar issue. Trump's abuse of power has given him the idea that he can make sure he gets what he wants done when he wants it done. Trump is impatient and is declaring a state of emergency to our nation to fulfill his wishes of a wall, and not abiding by the normal congressional process to do so.
President Trump's speech on declaring national emergency is in fact abusing his powers. The arguments he makes for his decision to call the emergency are not valid and are false statements. He says that the country is being flooded with gangs and illegal drug cartels which is not true. He says the country is being "invaded". But how can they invade if he isn't letting them in in the first place? Trump wants to build a wall and expects nothing less than what he wants so he is only calling this emergency to get exactly what he wants. He brings up the fact that other presidents have also called a national emergency, however, this is not relevant to his cause. Along with this he also uses a very awkward tone and came off as simply someone who isn't getting their way. This speech only proved Trump is spoiled and his reasoning for a national emergency is invalid because basically all of the points he made were irrelevant.
I don't necessarily agree with Trumps decision to call a national emergency for the funding of the wall. To look back onto the previous national emergency, made on 9/11. That was an obvious and good call to make because it was a tragic day and affected thousands. Although, is Trump using this national emergency for a good cause? I personally don't think he is. It is unnecessary to call an emergency unless there really is one. An invasion of immigrants to me is somewhat of an overstatement. We should be calling emergencies for things such as an attack on the U.S. Trump, use the national emergencies to benefit our nation as a whole, not for own interest.
President Trump's speech about declaring a national emergency was full of lies and was absolutely absurd. It was unlogical and full of false statements. He talked about how other presidents signed the emergency document, but who cares? Why are you telling us that other presidents have done the same thing? Your cause is NOT a national emergency. Other presidents signed the national emergency document because there were actual emergencies, not "people invading the US". And you know why they're "invading'? Because you're not letting them into the US in the first place. When he talked about how he was doing this for the 2020 election, I got really upset. Why are you talking about something that is completely off topic? Why is this for "the 2020 election"? My anger built up inside me so much that I couldn't take it anymore when I heard him say the words, "I didn't need to do this, but I would rather do this much faster." I didn't need to do this. You didn't need to do this?! So doesn't that mean that it's not an emergency if you "didn't need to do this?" Donald Trump himself said, "I could do the wall over a longer period of time." Then DO IT over a longer period of time! If you could do it over a longer period of time, isn't that another reason to show that it's not an emergency? Unbelievable. I can't believe that this man is our president. He is an embarrassment to the whole world. Thank god it's almost 2020.
I completely disagree with Trump's opinion to declare a national emergency for the construction of his wall. His speech was very bad and the way he was going through his lines was horrible. He had a tone that was sort of melodic. To me it really just sounded like somebody who wasn't getting their way. This speech further showed that Trump is just a spoiled billionaire, not a president. Trump also spoke about the 2020 election in his speech. I would lose pretty much all hope on the country if we allowed Trump back into office.I've never liked Donald Trump and it seems that with every day that passes my hatred for him gets worse and worse.
The funniest part about the whole situation is that a wall wouldn't solve any of the problems with Mexico we have. I dont think a wall will stop tunnels or air transportation going over our borders. What the U.S. needs isn't protection from outsiders or people from other countries, this country needs protection from itself.
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@Kenneth R. I agree fully. He wants us to believe that this is an emergency saying that his is the only national emergency that is an emergency. The whole situation with Mexico won't get solved with a wall as you said. This country does really need help from itself. Well said.
I thought that most of what his whole speech was about was a lie, and that all of the things that he was saying were very stupid. For instance, when he was acting so sure about how he was going to win the 2020 presidential election, I was surprised that he still believed that he was popular among many U.S. citizens. It turns out that there is a higher percentage of people who disapprove of Trump rather than those who approve of him, which shows how much his actions are affecting the attitude of everyone towards him. From the speech and also from the things he has done in the past, it is obvious that he also doesn’t keep his promises as well, and that doesn't really help his popularity either. For example, when he was inaugurated in January of 2017, he promised to build a wall dividing the U.S. and Mexico, and to have Mexico pay for it. Yet here we are halfway through February 2019, and he hasn't shown much progress building that wall. I think that if he is going to promise to do something, he should try hard to keep that promise. And even if he was trying hard, there is no way he is going to finish building a wall that is several hundred miles long in only a year. Clearly, being a good and popular president isn't as easy as he originally thought when he was running for president.
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I think Trump was out of his mind when he declared a national emergency. It's not something to be risking for, especially if it's simply a wall. After the many things he has done (shut down government, pay approx. 1.3billion, etc.), I think he hasn't learned that a wall won't do the trick. Sure it can keep certain types of people out, but it won't keep everyone out. Drug traffickers and other criminals can still easily come in. The wall is only one thing to defend us. In a defense mechanism, the strongest point is it's weakest, in which the wall suffers. They can go above the wall, dig, take a plane, destroy the wall, etc. To declare a national emergency, it's just plain stupid, especially as theoretically, the wall wouldn't work.
I think that it was not needed to declare this as a national emergency. A national emergency should be signed when there is a direct threat to the country. I don't think that an "invasion" of people is an emergency everybody should be worried about. I think the national emergency does set a dangerous precedent regarding the balance of power between branches of the federal government. It seems as though the executive branch-the branch with the president, has a lot more power than some of the other branches. He is abusing his power and it should be concerning for the legislative branch and the judicial branch. I feel it sort of scared that the supreme court is not doing anything to even make Trump feel a little bit scared about losing his job. He can do anything he wants and he does not have to worry about a single thing because he has so much power of everybody else. He made a compromise of $1.375 billion dollars for the border wall, now he wants even more money, and declared a national emergency because he is not getting what he wants. It is ridiculous that someone can have power over so many people, and the people are powerless to do anything. Trump has slowly formed together a Republican Supreme Court and Senate, and all of a sudden, he has convinced only the people he has to convince (the ones in the government) to agree with what he says because if they don't they could end up losing their job like James Comey did. It is a shame Trump has this much power over the nation.
I do not think that Trump should declare a National Emergency. Trump stated that he did not really have to declare a National Emergency but did it anyway. This means that he is admitting that there is no emergency. Trump says that when past presidents declared National Emergencies, it was not exciting. He seems to have forgotten that running a government and directing a reality TV show are not the same thing. Trump claims that when other presidents signed a National Emergency in the past, that those instances were much less dire situations. He says that our country is being invaded by drug dealers and human traffickers. While some people may do this, many of these people do not. These people may even be trying to escape these things themselves. Anyway, our country already has a huge drug crisis going on without drug smugglers so Trump should focus more on these real problems. Also, presidents who have called National Emergencies in the past did have good reason to while Trump does not. I think that Trump is only trying to get the wall built so that he lives up to his main promise from the 2016 election and therefore get elected again in 2020.
President Trump’s definition of “national emergency” is very outrageous, in my opinion. There is no need for a wall, at least for now, and it is funny to me that he describes Mexican immigration as an “invasion”. It is truly disappointing that he puts the US-Mexico wall as a national emergency rather than something that is affecting lives right now. For example, people in Flint, Michigan still have hazardous water coming out of their pipes, and there have been shootings in many different parts of the US. The opioid epidemic is still going on. In the video provided, Mr. Trump says that “I didn’t have to do it”. That right there negates the so-called “emergency”. I believe this is so people have reasoning to elect him for the 2020 presidential elections; after all, that was one of his main promises. This definitely makes the balance of power unstable between the branches, because he believes that he has the power to do anything. At least that is what I have understood from it. Overall, I believe that President Trump made a decision that he is going to regret sometime in the future.
Trump’s national emergency definitely sets a dangerous precedent in regards to the balance that exists between the branches of the federal government. After already compromising with the congressional democrats for $1.375 billion in funding for a barrier with Mexico, he wants to have even more funding for his precious little wall- which is a product and manifestation of his ego. Trump is completely abusing his power, and the emergency declaration will certainly upset the branches of government and have many legal implications. In the video, Trump also stated that he expects to be sued for declaring the state of emergency. Yet he still declared a national emergency anyway. He thinks that he’s going to win in the Supreme court. To Trump, as long as the end result is his way, he’s happy. A true leader listens to the voices of his people. Obviously, the American people don’t like the emergency declaration. That’s why they are suing the Trump administration! But Trump will not listen to his people.
I also don’t think I can emphasize this enough: a big thick wall won’t keep the drug dealers, human traffickers, and cartels out. A lot of these entities enter our country through legal ports of entry. What we really need is to invest in more border security by having more manpower. A wall is a huge waste of money. Trump knows that his decisions affect everyone. He just doesn’t care. He’s treating our federal government as though it’s a game.
I believe that it is very stupid to declare a national emergency when there is not a large crisis at the border and when the president states he does not NEED to do this but rather he WANTS to do this as quickly as possible. So, this means that the President's whole spiel about the wall and the border crisis is absolute rubbish as he can not even provide substantial evidence to justify him declaring a national crisis. A national crisis is when we all are going to die of some poison or a nuclear explosion, not crime and illegal immigrants. The reason for police is to protect citizens from crime and I am confident that they can do their jobs and protect us from this "crisis" the president claims exists and thinks justifies a border wall. The only reason this happens is due to the fact that the President cannot fulfill his promises for a border wall.
I think that it was very inconsiderable for Trump to declare a national emergency at the border and it was very foolish as well, because it seems like he is playing with the hearts of American citizens, as well as trying to declare that what he believes is what every other person believes. He's under the influence that we really need this wall because there is a humanitarian "crisis" at the U.S., Mexico border, when there are people in Flint, Michigan who don't even have fresh and clean water to drink. I think that he is not using his power as president wisely and he needs to realize that his idea is not the best, and just accept the fact that he cannot rule over every U.S. citizen's mind. He also needs to stop pushing this border idea to the limit and try to solve the so called border crisis with another concept. What Trump really needs to do is look at his ways through a different perspective, preferably someone on a side opposite from his view and understand how his actions will affect the other persons.
President Trump’s emergency declaration was not a good decision. It’s an abuse of his power. He cannot decide to make rash decisions just because he wants to. There now seems to be an imbalance of power between the branches of the federal government. In addition, Trump is so confident that he can make the wall happen. The truth is it’s going to take many years to build the wall. President Trump is relying on the fact that he will get re-elected for a second term. What if that doesn’t happen? The next president might discontinue the expansion of the wall; the wall will then have just been a waste of time, efforts, and supplies.
I think the national emergency was unnecessary and it was caused by impatience. President Trump would not simply wait for the wall to be built so he’s doing all these things to get money for it. President Trump describes previous declarations as a way of getting power. He also says that it has never caused a problem. He also goes on to say that all the presidents do is just sign it and the public just ignores it as if it were nothing. Another think Trump says is that they weren’t exciting as if it the power to declare a national emergency is a toy. Another thing Trump says is that previous presidents have signed for a national emergency for far less important things, which I find hard to believe based on the fact that our President is trying to make our country pay for a wall instead of focusing on the more important things like homelessness and hunger. Some reasons President Trump gives for calling a national emergency is simply the fact that he wants the wall done and he wants it done now. President Trump says, “ I didn’t need to do this, but I’d much rather do it faster.” So what he's saying is that the national emergency is unnecessary but he just called it because he wants the wall funded and finished fast. He brings up the election because he understands that if he doesn't get re-elected the idea of the wall could be demolished. The next election takes place in 2020 which is not far from now. So he’s trying to get the wall finished or near to done before the election.
I really don't think that this issue or problem of the wall being built should even be though of as a national emergency candidate. I think that national emergencies should only really be called for things like bombs and or nukes coming into our country. They should really only be called for serious threats that cause danger to people. I think that the government really needs to come together and fix this problem. Trump is acting like a baby with this wall. He demands that what he wants should be given to him when he wants it and how he wants it and most importantly that he won't have to pay for it. He made the whole government shutdown because of this issue. He really desperately wants funding for this wall which usually isn't an issue except for the pure fact that he wants it from the opposite party. He claims that the republicans haven't ever done anything this bad to the democrats so it doesn't make sense why the democrats would do it to them. The whole thing seems very childish and over exaggerated. If people don't want to fund your wall because they don't believe in it then just except that fact and don't start getting really defensive and calling national emergencies over it.
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There is a reason that America's democracy has been thriving for so long. It is because of the balance of power between the branches and offices of the government and elected officials. The use of a national emergency by a president on an "emergency" that he admitted isn't even that pressing is irresponsible. He shouldn't go around Congress and do his own thing. We wouldn't have a process that involves going through Congress if the decision made by Congress was the right thing to do. I feel like the President is on some sort of power trip after the shutdown like he feels nothing can stop him. I feel like he needs to understand that he is no longer a one-man show or on some reality TV show.
I think Trump's emergency declaration, will put the government branches out of balance, because he's more focused on the power that he could get from this. The secure funding for the wall, still is coming from the pockets of Americans, not from Mexico like he stated in his multiple speeches. I don't believe that something as controversial and unnecessary to the eyes of current society requires a National Emergency. If anything, this is just Trump playing a game where he's the one at the top with the most power and now he's just abusing that power for more money. We elected a businessman as our president, his main role is to gain power and money, he's doing so through the help of his position, abusing the power to declare an emergency from something that does not require it. With this declaration he's setting himself up to have more power over other branches and be able to use that in his advantage. This itself shouldn't be a National Emergency it´s main importance is to the president but it doesn´t relatively impact the majority of the US.
I think that President Trump is using the idea of the border wall not being built as an excuse to declare a national emergency. He just wants to feel like he is doing something so when the 2020 election comes and he has not fulfilled his promise of building a border wall along the Mexican border he can’t be blamed for not doing anything. This situation reminds me of doing a project last minute, you procrastinate because you don’t want to do the work then the day before the deadline you rush it so your teacher doesn’t get mad at you for not doing it and you don’t get in trouble. While you are in the process of doing the project, you are going to need as much help as you can get from family and friends so you persuade them to help you by making up a story to make them feel bad for you. Now, if you don’t get this project done in time, you then lie to your teacher that you left it at home and do it that night using the same technique. See the connection? Not only did President Trump lie about how Mexico was going to pay for the wall and is now trying to pay for it last minute, but he is making up a lame excuse to get the senate and the rest of the United States to feel for him and cut him some slack so he doesn’t get in trouble for not keeping his promise. I think that President Trump only is declaring a national emergency to get attention and money to fulfill his promise to build a border wall along the Mexican border.
- President Trump characterizes national emergencies from other presidents by saying that they must not have been exciting. Also, he said that when another president declared a national emergency, nobody cared, so it didn’t really matter. President Trump made it seem like the national emergencies that have been previously declared were not necessary. In the video it shows how the president says “But nobody cares, they sign it for far less important things, in some cases, in many cases. We’re talking about an invasion of our, with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs.” This statement, which is part of Mr. Trump’s speech, is just saying that all other things that everyone has seen as an emergency are irrelevant, and that they don’t matter because they aren’t “as important” as building a wall to separate two countries.
- The president referred to the presidential election in 2020 because he expects that he will be re-elected, because he is doing “so well” in this term. I think that he should maybe consider what might happen if he doesn’t win the next election, and his wall is no completed. There is no way that President Trump will be able to finish the wall by the next election, because he said when he first started as the president, that it would take four years. If the wall was supposed to take four years, and he didn’t do anything until he has a year and a half left of his term, then he won’t be able to complete it.
This week, Donald Trump signed for a National Emergency. In his speech, he states that other presidents have called for a national emergency and that no one cared about it. When I heard him say this, I started to get slightly infuriated, because another president has called a national emergency on things that are actually an emergency. He called the national emergency for the border wall when really the United States has an actual emergency. Like the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and protecting our schools from constant shooting because of the gun regulations. As I listened to his speech, I started to compare it to the previous speeches by the United States President, Barack Obama. His speech did not seem to be on the same level of intelligence or professionalism as President Obama’s speeches. This speech seemed to be very juvenile, especially when he started to almost sing the speech. Now, I feel as though he uses the fact that people think that he’s unintelligent to his advantage. He’ll promote the funding of his wall by going through the government shutdown, tweeting, and even his speech. By doing all of this it almost helped him possibly gain more and more funding for the wall.
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When he says being able to have this document gives him power it shows his wrong intent with this national emergency. He is using his power to do wrong. He uses the United States problems and uses them for example of problems that only immigrants have caused making people believe wrong information. These people deserve a right to have a home and to be free and to feel safe. All he cares about is the wall and not us Americans. He doesn’t focus on all of the people that actually need money and other help. There are so many other things that he could use this emergency for that he doesn’t acknowledge. Everything about this is wrong.
I think that President rump saying there is an emergency at our border is idiotic. It gives him way too much power, that the president should not have. It is just a stupid and unfair way to bypass Congress. It is even worse that he knows he will get away with it. He says that states will sue him, then it will make its way to the supreme court where he will win because the majority of it is conservative. This does in fact set a dangerous precedent because it completely takes away the balance of power between the three branches of government. Everything that Trump does should be approved by Congress and the Supreme Court. Everything that Congress does should be approved by the President and Supreme Court. I believe that ever since President Trump has taken office he has been finding more and more loopholes to get around what the constitution says.
I think Trump calling a national emergency is ridiculous, he is calling one just to get money to fund his wall. He is so positive that he would get elected again that his is only worrying about cost. The elections are in 2020 that leaves him about a year or less to build this wall which is considerably impossible. First he said that mexico would pay for it and that one lie sent everything into a downward spiral of more lies and more people to blame his choices on. He said building this wall would take four years and he only has one year left. His speech was horrific saying how other people called national emergencies and they weren’t as important and how they weren’t as “exciting”. This isn’t a reality show it isn't whoever's case is most exciting wins the price, no this is a country you need to take care of and right now i feel he is failing in doing that. All he is doing is worrying on how he could make his little dream of the wall come alive, sooner or later the whole united states will be surrounded by a wall. In his speech you can tell he is not taking any of this seriously, he is saying things in a sing songy voice and making jokes about how none of this is his fault. Donald Trump feels if something he doesn’t like is happening with a few words he can make it disappear and blame it on someone else and I am not a fan of that.