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Mexican Invasion Title: Trump Prepares To Abandon Wall In Favor Of Legalizing DREAMers On Tuesday, the Trump administration signaled that its willingness to legislatively reinstate President Obamas executive amnesty was deeply serious. In fact, the administration is so serious about reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that President Trump wont even insist on Democrats giving him funding for his proposed border wall in exchange for DACAs revivification. White House legislative director Marc Short spilled the beans in a speech before reporters at a Christian Science Monitor event. He stated, Whether or not that is specifically part of a DACA package or a different legislative package, I am not going to prejudge here today. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), a radical leftist, immediately praised the Trump administrations willingness to surrender on its signature issue: Thats an important position because we cannot make a 2,200 mile wall a condition for passing the DREAM Act and weve been very clear from the start. That means that the grand strategic move supposedly undergirding Trumps support for DACA was never a grand strategic move: Trump wants Obamas executive amnesty in place, and the wall simply isnt a priority. Thats a far cry from Trumps campaign rallies, where he pledged over and over again to BUILD THAT WALL. Now, its LEGALIZE THOSE DREAMERS, the exact Jeb! Bush position. Democrats understand that they now have almost complete leverage over Trump. Thanks to Trumps unilateral decision to cave to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) over the debt ceiling and the budget, Trump has set up a fiscal cliff scenario for the end of December which means that Democrats will use all of their leverage in order to prevent Trump from achieving his most popular objectives with his base. In other words, the chances of a wall are growing ever more slim. No wonder Mickey Kaus tweeted: But coverage of Trumps willingness to trade away the border wall for amnesty for DREAMers is significantly lacking on Trump-friendly outlets. Perhaps thats because its becoming more and more clear that allegiance to Trump has little to do with his policy prescriptions, and more to do with his general anti-establishment attitude. The problem is that without any guiding principles, that attitude will lead Trump and his followers wherever Trump sees fit to go. And right now, Trump sees fit to swivel dramatically to the Left. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6.
#6. To: Willie Green (#0)
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