Trump casts serious DOUBT he’d agree to DACA fix to get wall funding….for now

by The Right Scoop

Trump suggested to the Daily Caller in an interview published last night that it’s highly unlikely that he’d make a deal on DACA to get the border wall funding….at least for now.

The illegal Obama executive order is still being contested in the court system and Trump wants to know how the Supreme Court will rule on it:

POLITICO – President Donald Trump said Wednesday it is “highly unlikely” he would agree to any border security compromise that addresses the DACA program, telling The Daily Caller in an interview that he’d leave the fate of the Obama-era program up to the Supreme Court for the time being.

“I could see myself doing something for DACA but I want to find out what the Supreme Court is going to do first,” he said, despite having offered Democrats some temporary relief for DACA recipients earlier this month.

The Supreme Court earlier this month also appeared to rebuff Trump’s request for quick action to resolve lawsuits over his attempt to wind down the program.

Trump had previously vowed to undo DACA, under which undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children were protected from deportation. But the president has also pledged to treat DACA recipients, often referred to as Dreamers, with compassion.

Trump also suggested he would win in the courts if he declared a National Emergency:

Trump appeared confident that declaring a national emergency would survive legal challenges, telling The Daily Caller that he has “very good law on our side.”

“We have a tremendous amount of money to build a wall,” he said without offering further details. “In addition to that, we can declare a national emergency if this doesn’t work out.”

Lastly, he ripped Paul Ryan for not getting him the border wall funding after promising he’d do it:

He also dinged former House Speaker Paul Ryan for not delivering wall funding when Republicans were in control of the House of Representatives. Trump alleged that Ryan promised him in no uncertain terms that GOP lawmakers would deliver on Trump’s campaign promise to build the border wall in exchange for Trump’s signature on a massive omnibus last spring.

“And then he went lame duck,” Trump said, referring to Ryan’s announcement that he would not run for reelection. “And once he went lame duck it was just really an exercise in waving to people and the power was gone so I was very disappointed. I was very disappointed in Paul because the wall was so desperately needed. And I’ll get the wall.”

So far the bipartisan committee in Congress isn’t having much luck on reaching a deal on border wall funding, so we’re still on the path for another government shutdown or a national emergency.

I still think if we get to February 15 and Congress can’t make a deal, that allowing another shutdown to happen would increase Trump’s leverage among Congress Members who don’t want to deal with another shutdown. But it’s not clear if Trump has the stomach for that.

It also sounds like Trump’s patience is wearing out…

Earlier this morning he tweeted on the same issue:



https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1090949309217075201


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