Facing defeat over wall declaration, Trump gets good advice from GOP

Two weeks after Donald Trump issued an emergency declaration, announcing plans to redirect funds to border barriers in defiance of Congress’ wishes, the U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill to block the president’s gambit. The measure is now pending in the Senate, where the prospect of another Trump defeat is very real.

“I support what the President wanted to do on border security, but I do not support the way he has been advised to do it,” Alexander said, careful to use the passive voice. “It is unnecessary and unwise to turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis about separation of powers when the President already has congressional funding authority to build a 234 miles of border wall that he requested in his January 6 letter to the Senate.

Or put another way, GOP leaders on the Hill are effectively telling Trump, “To avoid embarrassment, you’ll need to change course.”

MaddowBlog 'Wall is coming'!

MaddowBlog You are living in fantasy land.

MaddowBlog Good advice: don't hump the American flag live on TV

MaddowBlog You can’t think past your bias. He can go into 2020 saying the republicans couldn’t deliver him border wall funding but he didn’t give up. Next he tried state of emergency funding and was blocked again. Now he gets to run on the wall again in 2020.

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MaddowBlog They don't have the votes to override the veto

MaddowBlog Poor you and your fellow drones at MSLSD must be so angry that Obama and Hillary haven’t returned any of your calls - & - to think, you’ve spent the last 15 years alternatively holding up Obama’s and Hillary’s posters with 1 hand !

MaddowBlog realDonaldTrump Trump heard that he was 5'11' and 300 lbs. Trump heard he's 6'3' and 210. Trump does not process advice or truth.

MaddowBlog Lol! There is no such thing as 'good advice' from the GOP.

MaddowBlog Counting on Senator Collins to vote against Trump? That’s kind of silly.

MaddowBlog Trump can veto his own party..... creating a political crisis for the GOP

MaddowBlog OPINION: If the GOP were smart.... (nobody has accused them of that), they would dump Trump & start backing a legitimate candidate for 2020 now. Sad they can't come up with ANYBODY better than DJT! They are truly the party of corruption, racism, & moral disgrace. Grifters all.

MaddowBlog No defeat; he can veto, and Democrats are assuring hd gets four more years! MAGA!

MaddowBlog So thank you for the story about nothing.

MaddowBlog That’s what the veto is for

MaddowBlog eternal life is available thru Jesus maybe good advice

MaddowBlog Not that he heeds any advice.

MaddowBlog Now he wants to get advice, laughable. Since when has trump taken advice from anyone credible. He’d done much better with Tony Soprano.

bbshenry1 MaddowBlog They told him to resign and name SpeakerPelosi PRESIDENT. Now that makes

MaddowBlog Not necessarily good chances the House resolution will fail in the Senate or veto. He can use military assets to build the wall&secure the border, Use of reserve troops since he's Commander and chief of the Armed Forces of the United States he can deploy troops to the border

MaddowBlog Does not matter. Trump swore an oath to uphold and enforce the laws...protect the boarders and ending illegal immigration there is part of that oath & stops repeaters! illegals cost taxpayers 116-130 billion in expenses. it’s a cost savings to enforce our laws - pays for itself

MaddowBlog The fact that this idiot became president is thanks to cnn and msnbc non stop coverage of his campaign. They got him elected.

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MaddowBlog FakeNews veto

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MaddowBlog Collins will back out. As usual. And I don’t have any hope that Murkowski will vote against the republicans. Waiting for a republican to do the right thing? Not gonna happen.

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MaddowBlog The only good advice the GOP can give trump, is to resign...now.

MaddowBlog He really has no choice at this point.

MaddowBlog You do know he's likely to dig in and double down, because he needs a distraction from SDNY and Muller?

MaddowBlog Please...if we put any stock into what Rand says, it’s that he is only to get himself attention. I’ll be shocked if he really stands with the Constitution over Trump. I have absolutely no faith or expectations from the GOP.

MaddowBlog We the people are defeated... very sad But we the people have the power to vote these people out of office.. elections have consequences

MaddowBlog What defeat, hes building the wall as we speak! Hes just making sure the dollars keep coming as progress is being made! Tell the real story!

MaddowBlog I don't believe he will follow their advice. He prefers chaos.....A great distraction.

MaddowBlog And exactly WHO will convince him .... WE THE AMERICANS ARE TIRED. Of odd behavior, rants, and the trumps..... we are exhausted..... can we just have a normal level headed president...... please

MaddowBlog the president has not been defected over his wall declaration. The media and democrats are the ones defected. The wall is being built and the money is in. Maddow lying to help the democrats won't work 80 percent want the wall

MaddowBlog Well that advice will be wasted on Trump he's never yet started to do nice for America

MaddowBlog Good advice and GOP should never be in the same sentence.

MaddowBlog Yawn

MaddowBlog A defeat for All Americans the people who vote against it could care less about the safety and security of the American people it’s all about HATE for Trump

MaddowBlog POTUS needs to retreat... FROM THE WHITE HOUSE!

MaddowBlog Better advice = VETO it.

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MaddowBlog Another regurgitated tweet. Come up with some original stuff. Losers.

MaddowBlog And then ignores it.

MaddowBlog He is building the wall already. Keep up.

MaddowBlog ...except he can veto it

MaddowBlog God bless Donald and all of his MAGA supporters.

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