he s not getting $25 billion for the border wall. it s just you know, it s an expense that congress, even republican-controlled congress is balking at, and that doesn t even get to the feasibility of putting a wall across the southern border. matthew, the washington post has added to the reporting from that cabinet meeting, and they have a quote that the president apparently said out loud. why don t you have solutions? how is this still happening, he asked, adding later, we need to shut it down. we re closed, meaning the border, meaning editorial cartoonists are scrambling to put we re closed at the pedestal of the statue of liberty, no doubt. matthew, is this core donald trump, or is what we re hearing channeled core stephen miller
they have a quote that the president apparently said out loud. why don t you have solutions? how is this still happening, he asked, adding later, we need to shut it down. we re closed, meaning the border, meaning editorial cartoonists are scrambling to put we re closed at the p pedestal of the statue of liberty, no doubt. matthew, is this core donald trump, or is what we re hearing channeled core stephen miller and maybe others? i think this is core donald trump through and through. this has been one of the messages that he s been most consistent on, that he s been most animated by. he talked about immigration and illegal immigration soon after he came down that infamous escalator, and he s been talking about it ever since. he loves to talk about the wall at these campaign rallies. he knows that animates his base. so i don t think it s any
and maybe others? i think this is core donald trump through and through. this has been one of the messages that he s been most consistent on, that he s been most animated by. he talked about immigration and illegal immigration soon after he came down that infamous escalator, and he s been talking about it ever since. he loves to talk about the wall at these campaign rallies. he knows that animates his base. so i don t think it s any surprise to see him once again getting riled up over this issue. i mean he almost vetoed the whole omnibus funding bill over not having money for his border wall. i think it shows a little bit of a misunderstanding of how the government works and sort of hearkens back to his business days when running a relatively small company, he could maybe yell at somebody and get something in line. yelling at your director of homeland security doesn t