So why didn't Trump push for a wall during his first two years when Republicans held both houses of Congress? Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by...

PeterS

Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by Republicans for our lack of a wall today. Instead of pointing your finger at Biden why don't you point your fingers at all the Republicans, in both houses, that are the real ones responsible for our lack of a wall today...that and a president who never really pushed for it until Democrats took back the house and he could use it as nothing more than a political whipping horse as Republicans are continuing to do today!

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

PeterS wrote:

Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by Republicans for our lack of a wall today. Instead of pointing your finger at Biden why don't you point your fingers at all the Republicans, in both houses, that are the real ones responsible for our lack of a wall today...that and a president who never really pushed for it until Democrats took back the house and he could use it as nothing more than a political whipping horse as Republicans are continuing to do today!

Maybe he figured some other things were more important while at the same time we was putting policies in place which seemed to work; the ones a judge recently told Biden he had to reinstate.

American Vet

PeterS wrote:

Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by Republicans for our lack of a wall today. Instead of pointing your finger at Biden why don't you point your fingers at all the Republicans, in both houses, that are the real ones responsible for our lack of a wall today...that and a president who never really pushed for it until Democrats took back the house and he could use it as nothing more than a political whipping horse as Republicans are continuing to do today!

Well, par for the course, you are wrong. No surprise there.......

In January 2017, Trump signed Executive Order 13767, which formally directed the U.S. government to begin wall construction along the U.S.–Mexico border using existing federal funding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

PeterS wrote:

Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by Republicans for our lack of a wall today. Instead of pointing your finger at Biden why don't you point your fingers at all the Republicans, in both houses, that are the real ones responsible for our lack of a wall today...that and a president who never really pushed for it until Democrats took back the house and he could use it as nothing more than a political whipping horse as Republicans are continuing to do today!

The republicans wouldn’t give him the money.
So he wound up stealing it from the military budget.

PeterS

nwtk2007 wrote:

Maybe he figured some other things were more important while at the same time we was putting policies in place which seemed to work; the ones a judge recently told Biden he had to reinstate.

So you're saying he couldn't do two things at once? He couldn't even have someone in his administration (he wouldn't have to do it himself) with a bill for HIS Congress to push through, but hey, judges are just hunky-dory...

And if no one in his administration couldn't do it all Trump had to do was call the head of the house and senate and tell them to come up with a plan. He wouldn't have had to do anything more than making a phone call but I guess Judges, that I'm willing to bet were handed to him by McConnell, was so all-consuming that he couldn't do anything else! You are making Trump out to be a bigger i***t than anything the left has ever done.

PeterS

Milosia2 wrote:

The republicans wouldn’t give him the money.
So he wound up stealing it from the military budget.

He tried to steal it from the military after Republicans lost the house. This has always been a red herring to blame on Democrats when all along it's Republican's and Donald Trump's fault that there is no wall along our southern border!

PeterS

American Vet wrote:

Well, par for the course, you are wrong. No surprise there.......

In January 2017, Trump signed Executive Order 13767, which formally directed the U.S. government to begin wall construction along the U.S.–Mexico border using existing federal funding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall

Sorry, but Congress writes the budget, not the president. An EO with no dollars behind it is a worthless piece of paper. The question begged is why didn't he instruct his House and his Senate to come up with enough money to pay for his wall? It's that failure that today there is no wall along our southern border but listen to any political ad run by a Republican and it's Biden's fault even though Trump and his cronies failed long ago...

American Vet

Milosia2 wrote:

The republicans wouldn’t give him the money.
So he wound up stealing it from the military budget.

"Stealing"?

As Bugs Bunny would say about you - "what a maroon"

American Vet

PeterS wrote:

An EO with no dollars behind it is a worthless piece of paper. The question begged is why didn't he instruct his House and his Senate to come up with enough money to pay for his wall? It's that failure that today there is no wall along our southern border but listen to any political ad run by a Republican and it's Biden's fault even though Trump and his cronies failed long ago...

>>>>Sorry, but Congress writes the budget, not the president.

I agree - you are sorry.

However, the President has the authority to use the funds as he sees fit - and SCOTUS agreed.

And, in addition to having fight the democrats, there were Republicans who didn't like him either. And, in the long run, just like you - they are wrong.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Especially when it comes to National Security. Which unfortunately has been proven. The number one k**ler of young adults in the U.S. is now f******l, coming through the Southern border. I believe democrats filed lawsuits also, to stop the construction. Trump still controlled the flow of i******s much better than i***t Joe.

American Vet wrote:

>>>>Sorry, but Congress writes the budget, not the president.

I agree - you are sorry.

However, the President has the authority to use the funds as he sees fit - and SCOTUS agreed.

And, in addition to having fight the democrats, there were Republicans who didn't like him either. And, in the long run, just like you - they are wrong.

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

American Vet wrote:

>>>>Sorry, but Congress writes the budget, not the president.

I agree - you are sorry.

However, the President has the authority to use the funds as he sees fit - and SCOTUS agreed.

And, in addition to having fight the democrats, there were Republicans who didn't like him either. And, in the long run, just like you - they are wrong.

You're incorrect (per usual)

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Tiptop789 wrote:

You're incorrect (per usual)

https://www.fox47news.com/news/national/court-ruling-allows-trump-administration-to-use-3-6-billion-in-military-funds-for-border-wall

PeterS

American Vet wrote:

"Stealing"?

As Bugs Bunny would say about you - "what a maroon"

Well, he didn't borrow it and the military didn't give it to him so if 'stealing' isn't the word then tell us what is...

Airforceone

PeterS wrote:

Simple question especially now that Biden is uniformly being blamed by Republicans for our lack of a wall today. Instead of pointing your finger at Biden why don't you point your fingers at all the Republicans, in both houses, that are the real ones responsible for our lack of a wall today...that and a president who never really pushed for it until Democrats took back the house and he could use it as nothing more than a political whipping horse as Republicans are continuing to do today!

Trump did push for it but he could not get enough Republican v**es because Mexico was not going to pay for a wall and Republicans would have had a tough time during the midterms if they made the American tax payer pay for a useless wall. It was well
Known by Democrats and Republicans that the 750 miles of existing wall is sufficient because they v**ed for the new fencing under Bush. The goal was to shore up the ports of entry, enforce the temporary visas such as student and work visas, add more manpower, and technology to the remote areas of the border. But Trump really made a mess of that plan. All he wanted was a wall.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Couldn’t been to much of a mess liar. It’s way worse under Biden. So what is Biden doing right that Trump did wrong?

Airforceone wrote:

Trump did push for it but he could not get enough ... (show quote)