As Hillary Clinton stated: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

Undoubtedly, it does make a difference to Congress – for what reason did Congress say “NO” to concrete?

(Can you explain to me why Congress specified that none of the border wall money could be spent on a concrete wall? Does that make any sense? Yes, Congress wants a wall that will allow the illegals to come in.)

Just because Congress passed a spending bill doesn’t mean President Donald Trump could now treat the pile of taxpayers’ cash as a general fund to spend as he pleased on a huge and costly wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, aides explained to the President. Contrary to Trump’s experience as a real estate and marketing executive, this is not how the federal budget process works.

(How does the federal budget process work? Undoubtedly the federal budget process doesn’t work. Why is it during Obama’s time one billion was given to Boeing and nothing was done? Are these congressmen/women mad that there is no give away money to them in this pile? Congress didn’t tie Obama’s hands when he stole all of the money on the wall?)

The chatter on cable couldn’t trump Congress’ constitutional control over the budget.

But Trump wouldn’t hear it, according to two Administration officials. In Trump’s mind, Congress gave the money to the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis works for Trump, and Trump sees the wall as part of the United States’ defense. Ergo, he wants the Pentagon to build that wall. What was the point of being Commander-in-Chief — with a defense budget he boasts is “historic” — if Trump couldn’t make the military do his bidding?

White House aides told Trump that the budget he reluctantly endorsed wasn’t as flexible as budgets inside the Trump Organization. Congress explicitly forbade spending on a concrete barrier or in natural areas. Of the $1.6 billion allocated for border security — a far cry from the $25 billion Trump’s team sought as a starting point — most of it is for repairing existing fencing and conducting surveillance. When officials tried to explain to the President that the spending bill had no provisions for a military wall, Trump, in frustration, again blamed the filibuster for standing in his way, wrongly assuming fellow Republicans would go along with his desire to scrap it.

(Yes, the Congress and Senate continue to use the budgetary process as their own piggy bank, from what they say.)

Tell the Prez to go rogue like Obama and write an executive order – this wall is a NATIONAL CONGRESS/SENATE DISGRACE and is for the safety of the citizens of this country. They liked it when Obama wrote executive orders – that meant less work for them – they could work on their pet projects – like go to the gym. They delegated all of their work to Obama and his executive orders for eight years and did nothing but work out at the gym.

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