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Was listening to the radio news and heard President Trump is declaring a national emergency. I of course thought something awful must have happened, a terrorist attack, another mass shooting or a natural disaster of some kind.
After listening to what Trump was saying, I still don't understand what the emergency is, other than it's been done in the past, by other presidents and that it's "a great thing to do".

What I think I understood from what he was saying is that he wants to take drastic steps to stop the use of illegal drugs, to reduce the demand for such products being brought into country.
If this is right, it's definitely a big step in the right direction, rather than just focusing on the people who supply the drugs which so many Americans are demanding. If there was no demand, there would be no illegal import of drugs.
Just imagine how much money would be saved for the country if people did not take those drugs.
Changing the attitude among the general public towards illegal drugs is also necessary, as not enough people even consider how much human suffering and criminal activities the purchase of these drugs lead to.

I fear this is not even close to President Trump's intentions with his declaration, but one can always hope, right ?
 

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What I think I understood from what he was saying is that he wants to take drastic steps to stop the use of illegal drugs, to reduce the demand for such products being brought into country.

No, that was a lie.

85% of drugs coming into USA come through our ports of entry. The wall does nothing to address that.

The wall is to try and cut down on asylum seeking families.
 

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Was listening to the radio news and heard President Trump is declaring a national emergency. I of course thought something awful must have happened, a terrorist attack, another mass shooting or a natural disaster of some kind.
After listening to what Trump was saying, I still don't understand what the emergency is, other than it's been done in the past, by other presidents and that it's "a great thing to do".

What I think I understood from what he was saying is that he wants to take drastic steps to stop the use of illegal drugs, to reduce the demand for such products being brought into country.
If this is right, it's definitely a big step in the right direction, rather than just focusing on the people who supply the drugs which so many Americans are demanding. If there was no demand, there would be no illegal import of drugs.
Just imagine how much money would be saved for the country if people did not take those drugs.
Changing the attitude among the general public towards illegal drugs is also necessary, as not enough people even consider how much human suffering and criminal activities the purchase of these drugs lead to.

I fear this is not even close to President Trump's intentions with his declaration, but one can always hope, right ?
We have the most unique position ... a moron is running the United States and his closest advisors are family and television commentators.

Of course there is no emergency. Two years of total Republican control of government and they had no desire to build the silly wall. Now cornered, the weakest president of our time takes drastic moves to create more unnecessary political gridlock. Fanning the flames as America burns is the only thing that pleases this idiot aside from fast food.
 
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The next "emergency" might be a declaration in November 2020 that he lost because the election was rigged or influenced by foreign actors or whatever. He would say he has to declare an emergency to stay in power to protect the American people from a rogue president. Don't think it can't happen. It is a crucial move in the playbook of all autocrats.
 

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The next "emergency" might be a declaration in November 2020 that he lost because the election was rigged or influenced by foreign actors or whatever. He would say he has to declare an emergency to stay in power to protect the American people from a rogue president. Don't think it can't happen. It is a crucial move in the playbook of all autocrats.
I've suggested that all along, this is exactly how a free nation falls to a dictatorship.
 
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Was listening to the radio news and heard President Trump is declaring a national emergency. I of course thought something awful must have happened, a terrorist attack, another mass shooting or a natural disaster of some kind.
After listening to what Trump was saying, I still don't understand what the emergency is, other than it's been done in the past, by other presidents and that it's "a great thing to do".

What I think I understood from what he was saying is that he wants to take drastic steps to stop the use of illegal drugs, to reduce the demand for such products being brought into country.
If this is right, it's definitely a big step in the right direction, rather than just focusing on the people who supply the drugs which so many Americans are demanding. If there was no demand, there would be no illegal import of drugs.
Just imagine how much money would be saved for the country if people did not take those drugs.
Changing the attitude among the general public towards illegal drugs is also necessary, as not enough people even consider how much human suffering and criminal activities the purchase of these drugs lead to.

I fear this is not even close to President Trump's intentions with his declaration, but one can always hope, right ?
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This incompetent, corrupt, bloviating ignoramus is the national emergency and needs to be removed immediately.
 
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Agree, how can anyone make excuses for this moron any longer?

The same morons that bought the total bullshit..,

When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Trump 2015
And still do. Foxy News told them so.
 

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"Border Wall" is a dog whistle Trump uses to rally his racist, xenophobic anti-immigrant political base.

Ignore the man. He's an idiot.

Almost all the illegal drugs which come across the Mexican border are in semi-tractor trailers which pass through Customs unsearched. If the US government really wants to stop the drugs they must search every truck and rail boxcar.
 

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"Border Wall" is a dog whistle Trump uses to rally his racist, xenophobic anti-immigrant political base.

Ignore the man. He's an idiot.

Almost all the illegal drugs which come across the Mexican border are in semi-tractor trailers which pass through Customs unsearched. If the US government really wants to stop the drugs they must search every truck and rail boxcar.

All true, but this is way past the point where he can be ignored.
 

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All true, but this is way past the point where he can be ignored.

I meant that Trump's declaration of a national emergency should be ignored because it's not an emergency. It's just a way to fund his pet project. My opinion was directed at the concerns of @jumbo747jet.
 
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The next "emergency" might be a declaration in November 2020 that he lost because the election was rigged or influenced by foreign actors or whatever. He would say he has to declare an emergency to stay in power to protect the American people from a rogue president. Don't think it can't happen. It is a crucial move in the playbook of all autocrats.
Foreign actors? Do you mean Gerard Depardieu and Salma Hayek?
 
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Active shooter in Aurora, IL. Isn't this what a real National Emergency looks like???

President should declare right now and immediately ban all assault rifles.

How about children in grade school being shot up? Noooo that’s not a problem. In fact we should make it easier for people like Adam Lanza to get guns. We gotta get him rebranded as Mexican undocumented. Let's get Fox and Friends to say it, they'll believe it.

Yes, Congress did repeal a rule that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy a gun

How about a musician next time? After an actor and a show man it would be fair.

Anything is possible. The bar is non-existent. America as we know it died November 8th 2016.

Farewell, America
 
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