Is Trump using “fear tantrum” to make case for Mexican Border Wall?

On his latest presidential address to the nation, President Donald Trump had tried to make his case for building the wall. He expressed that the humanitarian crisis and drug issues in the country caused by the illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico. 

“America’s heart broke the day after Christmas when a young police officer in California was savagely murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien (who) just came across the border. The life of an American hero was stolen by someone who had no right to be in our country,” Trump said.

He further added that “In California, an air force veteran was raped, murdered, and beaten to death with a hammer by an illegal alien with a long criminal history. In Georgia an illegal alien was recently charged with murder for killing, beheading and dismembering his neighbor. In Maryland, MS-13 gang members who arrived in the United States as unaccompanied minors were arrested and charged last year after viciously stabbing and beating a 16-year-old,”.

Who is going to pay for “the Wall”?

He later accused Democrats of the government shutdown since December 22. The current rift between the president and Congress is over passing the deal of more than $5 Bn. But Congress has only approved a spending deal of $1.2Bn for Border security such as improved security more security personnel etc., but not for the wall. Trump also clearly stated that he will not sign a bill to reopen government that doesn’t include money for the wall.

While he said during his campaign that he builds great walls and that he will make Mexico pay for the wall directly, it recently changed to “the wall will pay for itself”. He meant that by building the wall, the loss of 250 Billion Dollars caused by the illegal immigration would be negated after the wall. Now he states that the not-yet in place deal with Mexico – the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal.

Only the future unfoldings have the say whether the Congress or the President would budge their deals respectively.

Video Courtesy: The White House.

Image Credit & Courtesy: Evening Standard.