During recent hearings, one of the undersecretaries for Defense was asked if Trump had the authority to task the DoD to build the wall without declaring a national emergency. His reply was under certain circumstances, Yes.
Perhaps Trump has had DoD quietly building wall sections all along and the fight for the money from congress (Ryan's broken promises and Dem's obstructions) is just to show the people the extremes the Democrats will go to throw a political tantrum.
Or, Congress has already allocated 3 billion for border security to repair existing fences and for other border security other than the wall, and so maybe that is what Trump is talking about. But since those bills expressly prohibited the funding to be used for new walls, maybe Trump has been using the DoD statue that authorizes such construction and Congress doesn't know that DoD money is flowing to the border. They'd have to do an audit if the tasking was classified based on national security.
Remember, over a trillion dollars in expenditures within DoD are unaccounted for.
The other possibility is that Trump has moved unused funds from other agencies to the Army Corps of Engineers. Other Presidents have done this to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. For example, the EPA has cut back on many Obama era programs. They would have billions of dollars in unused funds that could be moved to other agencies or the DoD.
I hope we find out some day.
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[–] 16487782? 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
That's rude to faggots. Faggots know how to dress, improve home prices and make great neighbor. No, these are not faggots. These people are white trash trailer scum. A product of generations of bigoted, uneducated bottom feeders, leeching off welfare without a hint of irony. White trash really are the worst of the worst. My "illegal" neighbors are much better members of our community than the white trash trailer scum.
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I've seen video. It's a good well.
Eugene Gu gets top spot after EVERY Trump tweet?
@Jack your algorithms suck