Thread: Trump plans to make Democrats an offer to end shutdown, not declare national emergenc

Trump plans to make Democrats an offer to end shutdown, not declare national emergency, in Saturday speech, official says

By Abby Phillip and Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 10:12 PM ET, Fri January 18, 2019

(CNN) President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoon -- what officials are describing as his third offer to end the shutdown, according to a senior administration official.

The official told CNN that Trump's idea is to put something on the table to get Democrats to engage with negotiations. Trump is not expected to back down from his demand for a border wall, but the plan will seek to entice Democrats by offering other concessions.

However, this plan is not based on negotiations with Democrats and White House officials are pessimistic that it will change much in stalled talks, because Democrats have previously refused to counter the White House's proposal. Instead they have insisted that the President reopen the government, then engage in negotiations over border security.

The official added that discussions about a national emergency are ongoing in the administration and the President is not expected to announce a decision on that during Saturday's speech. However, nothing is definite until it's announced by the President.

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Trump announced earlier Friday evening that he would be making a statement to the nation at 3 p.m.

Saturday from the White House. The speech will come on the 29th day of the government shutdown, which began last month when congressional Democrats and Trump failed to reach a deal to fund roughly a quarter of the government.

Negotiations have been at an impasse for weeks over Trump's demand for money to fund his border wall. Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have been adamant that they do not want to give Trump any funding for a wall along the southern border.

When asked about the announcement by reporters Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders wouldn't shed much light on what Trump would say, declaring, "I'm not going to get ahead of the President."

She said the announcement will be made in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House.

"I'm not going to get ahead of the President but I can assure he's going to continue fighting for border security, he's going to continue looking for the solution to end the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border," Sanders told reporters at the White House.

Asked specifically whether the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border constituted a national emergency, Sanders again declined to comment.

"Again, I'm not getting ahead of the President. He'll make that announcement tomorrow afternoon. I suggest everybody tune in," she said.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/polit...own/index.html

Oh for heaven's sake. Please let this not be true.

1. Use your powers to suspend all asylum requests into the US due to massive fraud from all countries. Just suspend it all until further notice. You have the power under US immigration law to bar such entry.

2. Send 10,000 more troops to the border to prevent unlawful entry into the United States by all reasonable means necessary. You have the power to bar illegal entry into the United States. It is after all, the LAW.

3. End the government shutdown.

4. Use small national emergency to construct wall to bar illegal entry of now barred asylum seekers, illegal drug operations, other criminal enterprises and all illegal aliens, and use DOD funds to pay for it until other funds are available through appropriations. You have the power to use military to stop invasions into the US, you have the power to construct barriers to reach that goal and enforce the law. That is your job to enforce our laws, including US immigration law.

No deals, no DACA, no amnesty, no TPS, no NADA.

Stop negotiating against yourself and end this always stupid government shutdown. You should be at Davos finalizing the China trade deal and meeting with Putin. Restart the government, whatever you have to do, and get to Switzerland. And no, do not let any stupid DemoQuack on your Air Force One planes. They can make their own arrangements. 3 separate branches.

NO ASYLUM...BAR THEM ALL

WE HAVE A 800,000 BACKLOG AND MORE ON THE WAY!

THEY ARE LIARS, THEY ARE COMING FOR JOBS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALREADY HERE!

KEEP THEM OUT!

If you ask me, that 800,000 person backlog on deportations in US DOJ is reason enough by itself to call a national emergency, deny all illegal entries including UAC's and suspend all asylum requests, single or families. Shut it all down until further notice when we're caught up and able to process. Turn them all away at the border, if they sneak in, kick them right back out into Mexico.

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