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There is no national emergency at the border, but there may well be a constitutional crisis in the White House. nyti.ms/2DKsUhC
“I didn’t need to do this,” President Trump insisted at a Rose Garden appearance on Friday, as he declared a national emergency aimed at shaking loose a few billion dollars in financing for his beloved border wall. nyti.ms/2DKsUhC 
In reality, the wall is not a done deal, and Trump has spent the past few months — the past two years, really — failing to convince either Congress or Mexico to pay for it. nyti.ms/2DKsUhC
In a breathtaking display of executive disregard for the separation of powers, the White House is thumbing its nose at Congress, the Constitution and the will of the American people, the majority of whom oppose a border wall, writes the editorial board. nyti.ms/2DKsUhC
