By Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post
January 6, 2019
President Trump on Friday threatened to use “emergency powers” to order the military to divert funds for building his border wall on the southern border. The Post reports:
In a forceful but meandering performance that included numerous false or questionable assertions, Trump announced he was considering declaring a “national emergency” to move forward on construction through executive power; argued his administration would use eminent domain to obtain private land along the U.S.-Mexico border; and suggested a steel wall could provide manufacturing jobs to U.S. companies.