1/ OK so here we are preparing for Trump’s primetime address from the Oval Office. I think it’s important to look back on how we got here and analyze Trump’s strategy. If you’re like me, you wanted Trump to do this on day one and every day since. It’s been hard to be patient
2/ It’s important to know that Trump always plays the long game and as every great strategist he doesn’t move all his chips in until the right moment. (Keep this in mind when you fear Trump will never hold people accountable for the corruption in 2016.)
3/ It only makes sense that this strategy and the timing around it was discussed and decided on going back to at least the transition. So as they sat around that table, why would they pick this option? Because it gave them a guaranteed win. That’s right, 100% certainty of a wall.
4/ There are three key aspects to the National Emergency strategy. First is understanding the legal construct. @willchamberlain did a great job laying this out for us but let’s be clear, team Trump has known and intended on using this strategy all along, so they knew before Will.
5/ The other two aspects are just as important, especially in understanding why Trump waited to move forward. Though Trump has the authority he also needs funding. This strategy uses the reallocating of funds through DoD. In order to reallocate you first need the funds allocated.
6/ So while everyone on the right was screaming how Trump had been tricked by Ryan and the establishment into signing bloated funding bills, Trump was laughing on the inside. He’s touted incessantly how he got $700+ billion for the military in 2018 and 2019. Now you know why.
7/ The last piece of the puzzle was a need to explain to people why steel slats is a wall and create internal consensus on what was needed both in design and funding. @AnnCoulter has attacked Trump over the sample wall designs but reality is Trump was using his time wisely.
8/ Now all that is left is execution. Tonight’s speech, the visit on Thursday to the border, the declaration of National Emergency and building the wall. The best part is, as I said before, there isn’t a damn thing anyone can do about it...
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