“We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. We can do it. I haven’t done it, I may do it. I may do it, but we can call a national emergency and build it
President Donald Trump said Friday that he has considered declaring a national emergency to secure funding for a $5.6 billion steel wall between the U. S. and Mexico border without the approval of Congress. The president is now entering the third week of a government shutdown that has caused 1.2 million federal employees to go without pay over his insistence on building the wall.
“We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. We can do it. I haven’t done it, I may do it. I may do it, but we can call a national emergency and build it quickly, it’s another way of doing it,” said Trump at a press conference in the White House rose garden Friday afternoon. The president was responding to a question asked by ABC News’ senior national correspondent Terry Moran.
