After months of threatening a government shutdown if Congress didn’t agree to pay for his wall around Mexico, President Trump has confirmed that he will sign the spending bill passed by the House on Wednesday night, despite it not funding the wall.
Trump has made building the wall a top priority since the 2016 campaign. During the campaign, he insisted the wall would effectively be free, and that the Mexicans would pay for it. Mexico has refused, so recently he has focused on getting Congress to pay for it.
Vetoing the spending bill would lead to a government shutdown on October 1, and an immediate political crisis. With the mid-term elections just over a month a way, this may have ultimately been ruled too risky for some in Congress.
It is unclear what the administration’s long-term plans are, with Trump having long emphasized the goal of a wall, but so far being unable to come up with any way to pay for it. Trump would only say of the decision that he’s “going to keep the government open.”
Here is an article that looks at the current fiscal situation in Washington:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2018/09/irresponsible-fiscal-management-in.html
It seems that no matter which party holds the reins of power, irresponsible fiscal management is the order of the day with the federal government.
Trump’s buildup of the military, especially army, when no enemy threatens the US on the ground, is actually a repudiation of Making America Great Again because it contributes to US imperialism while wasting money to warmongers via the Pentagon money drain.
It was a different Trump at the UN:
This would have been a great time to see zero flexibility and 100% unity out of the GOP: No Wall, no problem, no government! (And after the election, no GOP). Then again, more flexibility and less unity from officials can be positive as well, or at least less-disastrous.
Mexico is more than paying for the wall with the new trade deal Trump forced Mexico to agree to .
If the wall goes up (hopefully not), and if it is successful in reducing migration (about as likely as me succeeding Queen Elizabeth II as monarch of England), it will be paid for by American consumers at the grocery store, etc.
“keep the government open”. How generous, so he can ensure the destruction of more international laws, more people, more countries, more chances of peace and cooperation. Thanks Donald.
“I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions.” Not counting Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Iraq, …….. and others we know are not our puppets.