President Donald Trump has floated the idea of declaring a ‘national emergency’ to get the funding he needs for the wall at the southern border.
Trump proposed the idea during the partial government shutdown earlier in January. (RELATED: Trump May Declare A National Emergency At Border)
With the partial government shutdown over, for now, Trump worried that negotiating with Pelosi may be a waste of time.
“I’ll wait until the 15th. I think it’ll be a waste of time,” Trump said, according to the Daily Caller.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a photo of a “Typical Standard Wall Design” January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis – RC1D25157970
However, according to the Congressional Research Service, the President may be able to build the wall without getting congressional approval or declaring a national emergency.
Trump even just recently tweeted “We will build a human wall if necessary. If we had a real wall, this would be a non-event!”
Tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of flooding our Southern Border. We have sent additional military. We will build a Human Wall if necessary. If we had a real Wall, this would be a non-event!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2019