I wanted to take a hiatus from blogging while I sorted my life out and worked on getting a home secured, but Trump and Congress had other ideas. Also look for my upcoming reply to Oprah attempting a Presidential Run. I may have cut the cord, and particularly detest Hollywood Awards shows, but don't think for a second I missed that one.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump called an open door meeting with members of both parties and both chambers of Congress to discuss the Dream Act. Most people following the news will remember that back in September, The Donald rescinded the executive known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. When he did, he put a condition in place stating that he was not going to take any action until March. So Now it's January, and with Tax cuts in the books and a repeal of the funding mechanism for the ACA now in place, It's time to take on the next issue.
When Trump said he would wait until March to enforce DACA, he did it for a reason. The act was an Obama-Era Executive Action, and as such, could be wiped away with the flick of a pen. The President insisted that Congress, instead, should propose a bill that would give any consideration to the childhood arrivals permanent, whichever direction it goes. It's really only fair. I hate to cite Hollywood elites, but they are partially right in this issue. The Dreamers, under their current status, are in a state where they are both Legal and Illegal immigrants who's fate can literally change day-to-day. It's impossible to live a life when you're under that kind of stress all the time. Therefore, Congress must decide which direction to carry the law. As I mentioned, Executive orders can disappear with another executive order, but Congressional laws take months and years to repeal, along with getting enough people out of 535 on your side.
So a meeting was called, and in an unprecedented fashion, the Main Stream Media was allowed in to record the majority of the event. The video is still on my to-watch list, but the highlights that have made the news are pretty much common knowledge. Pelosi said that she wanted a Clean DACA bill, Trump said that they would get nothing without funding for the wall, and he said that he would sign anything that came across his desk. He also said that ICE agents tell him that we can't get border security without a wall in places that aren't naturally defended. The right went nuts over that last comment. Everyone went into a panic thinking that Trump was turning back into a Democrat, and rescinding his promise to build a contiguous wall all across the southern border. When I read and heard the quote, I don't believe that was the case. Trump was attempting to quote federal agents, saying that there are places along the border that are already protected, and they don't have to enforce those areas as heavily. Trump never said that he didn't want to build the whole wall, just cited that the immigration enforcement knows that there are areas that don't need it. But it falls into the same line as the clean DREAM act and Trump saying he would sign anything.
The more right leaning Conservative show hosts started tripping over themselves to defend Trump saying he would sign whatever came across his desk. I'm very surprised that the hashtag #4dchess didn't trend on Twitter that day. The younger, less established, and more libertarian among us tended to turn on the President, saying that he was turning his back on his campaign promises. Many of them claimed that he was going to turn into a Democrat, or at least a Democrat shill. I had a different idea, but if the shithole comment that I will touch on in a moment happens to be true, then I wound up being dead wrong, too. I'll never say "4D chess" seriously, except to quote someone else, but I will say I thought it was strategic. Trump came in saying he was going to drain the swamp, referring to lifelong politicians who fight with each other on CNN and social media, but are figuratively in bed with each other out of the media eye. As we learned with the tax cuts, the Republican party has a majority in both chambers, but they still really need to get support from the Democrats to do anything effectively. So the Republicans have a hard time just drawing a bill up in the dead of the night and sneaking it over to the White House without the Dems knowing. If Trump were to sign a bill that didn't reflect the immigration policies that got him elected, Republicans who ran with the same agenda would suddenly have to own that bill. And they would have to go back and explain to their constituents at home why that bill hit the Oval Office. With a March Deadline, they would also have to do so before primary votes take place in an election year. With all of the seats that are considered "safe" because they are in red or majority red districts, I'd probably pay money to see a press conference for that explanation.
On Thursday night, there was a closed door meeting in the Oval Office to discuss a bill that was being proposed. According to CNN, along with 60% of Twitter and Instagram, Trump is cited as asking "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" As soon as it happened, the majority of social media jumped up to defend Haiti and Sub-saharan Africa. At the same time, the Trump army jumped back to express the fact that these countries are war-torn shitholes. Only a handful of people have realized that there is no evidence to this. Let us not forget that just a month ago, the Democrats were going to take to the streets because Trump was planning on secretly firing Mueller while the Christmas season was masking the events. And while they were taking to the streets, they would be repeating the seven words that Trump allegedly said weren't allowed to be said in any budget proposal. The two stories were both found to be fabricated, but they launched massive social media and physical protests. Right now there is no reason to believe that Trump said this about these countries. But what if he did?
If this is true, it means that our President saw something in a bill about these countries that he didn't like. Perhaps it was a level of amnesty, or a way to shuttle more refugees from war-torn countries and give them automatic citizenship. To my knowledge, the contents of the bill have not been released to the public yet. But perhaps the alleged expletive came from the Democrats showing their hands. Trump claimed he would sign anything that came to his desk, and now that he's spoken out on it, I think the majority of America wants to know what he cursed about. Maybe the Social Justice Left doesn't care, but I can't believe that if the bill gets released to the public that they will be able to ignore it for long. Meanwhile, Congress should be working on finding a common ground to get border security in place, and find a way to make a definitive decision on the Dreamers, because they can't stay legal and illegal at the same time forever.
Do you think Trump said "Shithole Country"? Do you want to see what was in the proposal? Do you think it was 4D chess to have the President state that he would sign anything? I always welcome comments and discussion both here and over on Twitter. My handle is @edsblogtw1tter if you want to follow me to comment or read previous articles from my feed. If you like what you've read, go ahead and hit that like button, and consider hitting the retweet button as well. That would be cool of you. Remember, never take the words of journalists, bloggers, or podcasters as Gospel. Find all the facts, and draw your own conclusion. Thank you for reading
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