everything they will ever need to stop him in court if he declares an emergency because what he just said was if we don t have a legislative compromise on a budget bill then i will declare a national emergency. that means that the emergency is we don t have a legislative compromise. when a hurricane hits new orleans or puerto rico, that s a national emergency and you can t have a legislative compromise to make that hurricane go away. donald trump admitted today that the emergency would be about a legislative compromise, not about the conditions at the southern border. he did not say if the invasion continues at southern border i will declare an emergency. he said if we don t reach a legislative compromise i will declare an emergency. so as usual, donald trump s public negotiating with himself
i will declare a national emergency. that means that the emergency is we don t have a legislative compromise. when a hurricane hits new orleans or puerto rico, that s a national emergency and you can t have a legislative compromise to make that hurricane go away. donald trump admitted today that the emergency would be about a legislative compromise, not about the conditions at the southern border. he did not say if the invasion continues at southern border i will declare an emergency. he said if we don t reach a legislative compromise i will declare an emergency. so as usual, donald trump s public negotiating with himself continues to negotiate himself into an unwinnable corner. congressman eric swalwell is a member of the party that is united in fighting the trump shutdown.