National Emergency Archives

Trump Declares A Coronavirus National Emergency

March 15, 2020March 13, 2020
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President Trump declares a coronavirus national emergency yesterday. This opens the door to providing about $50 billion in federal aid to fight the disease. The president made the announcement at a Rose Garden news conference. He is battling to show Americans he is aggressively addressing the virus. The president said he this move is to … Read more

Trump Declares a National Emergency – Will Let Free Market Solve Test Kit Problem

March 13, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you missed the news, we are now operating in a national emergency. Given that any activity with more than a few dozen people is getting canceled I suppose we’ll need something to talk about. Hey, national emergency, did you hear?

Senate Fails to Override Trump Veto of Bill to Block Emergency Border Security Funding

October 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The president declared a national emergency on America’s southern border. And at the time, it was an emergency. Right up until Trump said as much Democrats were on cable news wailing about it left and left. Families, children, cages, concentration camps!

Breaking: House Fails to Override Trump Veto – National Emergency Declaration Stands

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Mr. Trump’s first and only veto has been sustained. The US House of Representatives was unable to rally the votes needed to override the President’s veto of a resolution to terminate his declaration of a national emergency.

Obama Declared 12 “National Emergencies” and Ten of Them are Still in Effect

February 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Having declared the abuse of the national emergency as unconstitutional let us at least admit that so is almost everything else the government does. Most folks don’t know or care. The media only cares when it’s a president. More specifically a president Trump. Because Mr. Obama declared a dozen National emergencies and ten of those are still (presumably) sucking resources for something.

Build That Wall

February 15, 2019

Shutdown averted Congress has approved a border security compromise bill. They intend the bill as a device to avoid a second government shutdown. The bill appropriates about $1.4 billion of the $5.7 billion requested for border barrier construction. The White House said the president would sign the legislation passed Thursday. It also said the President … Read more

President Trump Has An Opportunity To Trap All The Weasels In The Coop By Themselves

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

The current narrative passed along by colluding media outlets says: “Go ahead Trump, declare a national emergency to build the wall and we will find an activist Democrat judge to stop the process with an injunction.” But have they thought that plan through? What could stop President Trump from doing the greatest thing for America … Read more

I Thought We Had A “National Crisis” With Illegal Drugs, Crime, And Illegal Aliens? Every State Is Asking For Money

January 9, 2019

President Trump is looking at declaring a national emergency to build “The Wall” Congress has voted to build numerous times. The Trump-haters in the US Congress, without any evidence, say the President has no power to do so. He has been saying so for several years. “The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I’m saying … Read more