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CNN: Trump Likely Won’t Declare Emergency In Primetime Address

01.08.19 | 5:44 pm

President Donald Trump is not expected to declare an emergency Tuesday night in order to circumvent Congress and build a wall on the southern border, CNN reported Tuesday, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

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Matt Shuham is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.

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occamscoin says:

January 8, 2019

If it’s raining he’ll just blow off the speech entirely and tweet something about “a noun, a verb, and the wall.”
erik_t says:

January 8, 2019

I’m automatically attracted to backing down — I just start quitting, it’s like a magnet. Just quit. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a would-be authoritarian without an ounce of courage, they let you do it.
mattinpa says:

January 8, 2019

I read another leak that he’s going to ask for bipartisanship in the name of national security. All I can say is if that’s it, after the buildup, people are going to be even more disgusted and contemptuous than usual. Maybe he thinks that’s a killer argument, but luckily it’s not my job to persuade him otherwise. Low energy! Sad.
zenicetus says:

January 8, 2019

I still think he’ll do it. The broadcast networks aren’t going to give him another free airtime night. It’s his one chance to go big or go home.
coimmigrant says:

January 8, 2019

Nothing says decisive leader like equivocating about whether a crisis exists at our border with Mexico. This pivot to acting more presidential gives me increased confidence in Trump’s ability to properly handle the next Puerto Rico hurricane crisis.