Trump “I didn’t need to do this” spoken in context of election and building the wall, He didn’t need to do to get reelected, Faster for nation’s security

President Trump, during his question and answer session following his February 15, 2019 press conference on funding for the border wall, stated the following:

“In fact, the primary fight was on the wall.  Everything else, we have so much, as I said, I don’t know what to do with it we have so much money.  But on the wall, they skimped.

So I did — I was successful, in that sense, but I want to do it faster.  I could do the wall over a longer period of time.  I didn’t need to do this.  But I’d rather do it much faster.  And I don’t have to do it for the election.  I’ve already done a lot of wall, for the election — 2020.  And the only reason we’re up here talking about this is because of the election, because they want to try and win an election, which it looks like they’re not going to be able to do.  And this is one of the ways they think they can possibly win, is by obstruction and a lot of other nonsense.”

“I didn’t need to do this” was spoken in the context of the 2020 election.

He did not need to do it for his benefit.

President Trump said at the end of his speech:

“So the order is signed.  And I’ll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office.  And we will have a national emergency, and then we will then be sued, and they will sue us in the Ninth Circuit, even though it shouldn’t be there.  And we will possibly get a bad ruling, and then we’ll get another bad ruling.  And then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake.  And we’ll win in the Supreme Court, just like the ban.  They sued us in the Ninth Circuit, and we lost, and then we lost in the appellate division, and then we went to the Supreme Court, and we won.”

“The probably easiest one to win is on declaring a national emergency, because we’re declaring it for virtual invasion purposes: drugs, traffickers, and gangs.  And one of the things, just to finish: We have removed thousands of MS-13 gang monsters.  Thousands.  They’re out of this country.  We take them out by the thousands.  And they are monsters.”

Transcript:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-national-security-humanitarian-crisis-southern-border/

President Trump spent much of his presentation elaborating on why border security and the wall constituted an emergency.

His reasons are clear to any rational, caring American.

From WhiteHouse.gov February 15, 2019.

“NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON OUR BORDER: The President is using his clear authority to declare a national emergency as allowed under the National Emergencies Act.

• Since 1976, presidents have declared nearly 60 national emergencies.
  • Most of the previously declared national emergencies have been continually renewed and are still in effect, after being continually renewed.
• Multiple Governors have declared states of emergency along the border in the past.
  • Former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, who became President Obama’s DHS Secretary, declared a state of emergency along the border in 2005.
  • Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson also declared a state of emergency at the border in 2005.
• Former President George W. Bush and former President Obama both directed the use of the military to assist DHS in securing and managing the Southern Border.
• Former President Bush declared a national emergency in 2001, which invoked reprogramming authority granted by Title 10 United States Code, section 2808, and both he and former President Obama used that authority a total of 18 times to fund projects between 2001 and 2014.

ADDRESSING THE CRISIS AT HAND: President Trump is taking the necessary steps to address the crisis at our Southern Border and stop crime and drugs from flooding into our Nation.

• Cartels, traffickers, and gangs, like the vile MS-13 gang, have taken advantage of our weak borders for their own gain.
• Immigration officers have made 266,000 arrests of criminal aliens in the last two fiscal years.
  • This includes aliens charged or convicted of approximately 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 killings.
• Tons of deadly drugs have flooded across the border and into our communities, taking countless American lives.
  • Methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl all flow across our Southern Border and destroy our communities.
  • More than 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017 alone.
• Human traffickers exploit our borders to traffic young girls and women into our country and sell them into prostitution and slavery.
• Massive caravans of migrants view our unsecure border as a way to gain illegal entry into our country and take advantage of our nonsensical immigration loopholes.”

Read more:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-border-security-victory/

“I will never waver from my sacred duty to defend this Nation and its people. We will get the job done.”

President Trump