Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

[Rogue Valley]

Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

6/19/18
Logic suggests that the White House, under crushing political pressure, would be forced to back down on its hardline immigration policy amid outrage over searing depictions of kids separated from their parents at the southern border. But while the swirling political crisis over the "zero tolerance" approach to undocumented migrants might convince a conventional White House to seek a way out, this administration is so far digging in. It is sticking to a strategy of falsely blaming Democrats and past administrations for a practice that it decided to adopt and could change anytime it wanted to. A climb-down on this issue would represent more than a huge embarrassment for the President. It would undermine his political image and philosophy and require him to admit he's wrong and to temper instincts that force him to counterattack. He would risk alienating base voters who prize his strongman image on one issue above all -- immigration -- and are more inclined to believe that people who cross the border illegally get what they deserve than to react with compassion to reports by media outlets they disdain. Trump goes to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, where his congressional allies spent Monday trying to find some kind of legislative solution to the border crisis, though many Republicans -- even those who've supported the President in the past -- say Trump can end the family separation issue with a simple phone call.

The administration's defense on Monday failed to keep pace with the accelerating politics of the issue, as even some of its allies eyed a grim midterm election environment or made their own moral calls on the practice of separation. "This has to stop," said Cruz, who is up for re-election in November. "We should keep children with their parents. Kids need their moms. They need their dads," said Cruz, who is introducing a bill that will mandate that families are not separated. Another Republican who often sides with Trump, South Carolina's Sen. Lindsey Graham, said, "Americans are pretty decent folks. They don't like illegal immigration, they want to do it right. But they're moved by the fact that families are being separated and we've got to find a better way." In another sign of the subtle politics of the issue, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who is on a tightrope in a re-election race in West Virginia, where Trump won overwhelmingly in 2016, criticized the President.
"That's the most inhumane enforcement I've ever seen in my life," said Manchin. "The American dream and hope of the world, where'd all that go?"

As stated above in blue, Trump could end this cruelty with a phone call. But Trump would rather appease his core base than do what is right.

And that notion ... (a select few are more important than the will of the country writ-large) is a very selfish and dangerous ideology. A big **** you to the American people.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Because his support base is okay with this happening, even though the rest of us are disgusted by it.

 

[Dittohead not!]

Trump doesn't have to worry about his core supporters. They will support anything he does. He said it himself: "I could go out and shoot someone, and not lose any votes."

I'm convinced he's right about that. His followers are like a flock of sheep, willing to follow him anywhere, anytime, for any reason. If Trump says it, it's right and anything contrary is just "fake news." If Trump does it, it's all right, American, moral, and just.

Trump is keeping the children he's separated from their families as hostages for his stupid wall. He's given up on the "Mexico will pay for it" meme, but his sheep don't care about that any more . All they want is a big ugly wall separating the US from Mexico.

 

[danielpalos]

Wedge issues? His narrowing base of supporters are mostly renege aids, in close support.

 

[Mycroft]

Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

As stated above in blue, Trump could end this cruelty with a phone call. But Trump would rather appease his core base than do what is right.

And that notion ... (a select few are more important than the will of the country writ-large) is a very selfish and dangerous ideology. A big **** you to the American people.

Yes, Trump could refuse to enforce the law, much like Obama did during his Presidency, but Trump won't do that.

 

[late]

mostly renege aids

Spell checker?

Did you mean to say renegades?

 

[What if...?]

Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

As stated above in blue, Trump could end this cruelty with a phone call. But Trump would rather appease his core base than do what is right.

And that notion ... (a select few are more important than the will of the country writ-large) is a very selfish and dangerous ideology. A big **** you to the American people.

Apparently, they've been building up to this since shortly after trump took office.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAHegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw0z_WlXi407zP04BqmRbsvV

So it looks like its a cynical attempt to get wall funding.

"Give me money for my wall and I'll stop abusing children."

 

[jnug]

When Trump refers to virtually all of the efforts by Immigrants to cross the border legally or illegally as an "infestation" his base is good with that. That resonates with them.

 

[tres borrachos]

Because his support base is okay with this happening, even though the rest of us are disgusted by it.

Beat me to it.

 

[danielpalos]

Spell checker?

Did you mean to say renegades?

i was into, etymology.

 

[Ikari]

Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

As stated above in blue, Trump could end this cruelty with a phone call. But Trump would rather appease his core base than do what is right.

And that notion ... (a select few are more important than the will of the country writ-large) is a very selfish and dangerous ideology. A big **** you to the American people.

That, and it's about the drama he can cause too. It also changes the news cycles away from his Un worship and the investigations and such.

 

[NeverTrump]

Yes, Trump could refuse to enforce the law, much like Obama did during his Presidency, but Trump won't do that.

What law?

 

[Dittohead not!]

Yes, Trump could refuse to enforce the law, much like Obama did during his Presidency, but Trump won't do that.

Or, he could make spurious claims that the law requires him to separate families, while at the same time being "above the law."

 

[Mycroft]

What law?

All US law.

 

[post]

Yes, Trump could refuse to enforce the law, much like Obama did during his Presidency, but Trump won't do that.

Stop lying. Regurgitating Trump contrived excuse for abusing children after his abuse of DACA recipients and their families did not achieve legislative results intended by this hostage taker in chief is
beneath even you, but there you are. Trump does what you find so irresistibly attractive, he scapegoats and abuses the least powerful and influentiual.

YOU ARE PULLING THE SAME BS the BEYOND THE PALE, UNBELIEVABLY CORRUPT, PATHOLOGICAL LIAR TRUMP SO RECENTLY SHAT ON US WITH. YOU ARE SHAMELESS OR DIM WITTED.:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/daca-dreamers-trump.html
U.S. Must Keep DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules
By Miriam Jordan April 24, 2018
…..
Judge John D. Bates of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia said that the administration’s decision to terminate the program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was based on the “virtually unexplained” grounds that the program was “unlawful.”
The judge stayed his decision for 90 days and gave the Department of Homeland Security, which administers the program, the opportunity to better explain its reasoning for canceling it. If the department fails to do so, it “must accept and process new as well as renewal DACA applications,” Judge Bates said in the decision.

Small handeds and other needle dicks love these tactics. Trump contradicted his professed (feigned) impotence in his campaign against DACA. Then he dangled an extension to them, despite first
claiming falsely that he had to act because courts would rule DACA was illegal, and the exist opposite happened!

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-signals-might-extend-daca-deadline
Trump Signals He Might Extend DACA Deadline
President outlines contours of administration plan set to be released soon
Posted Jan 24, 2018

….Trump also said he could give Congress more time to pass legislation that would protect DACA recipients if lawmakers do not act by his March 5 deadline for unwinding the program. He said he would not guarantee that he would extend the deadline he set in September, but added: “I certainly have the right to that, if I want.”..

https://www.npr.org/2017/09/05/546423550/trump-signals-end-to-daca-calls-on-congress-to-act
Trump Ends DACA, Calls On Congress To Act
September 5, 2017

…White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump "wrestled" with the decision to end DACA over the weekend. In an afternoon briefing, she denied the decision was "coldhearted," painting it as the alternative to an immediate shutdown of the program by a federal court. ...

….Former President Barack Obama issued a statement on Facebook, calling the decision "cruel" and "self-defeating."
"Let's be clear: the action taken today isn't required legally. It's a political decision, and a moral question," he said. Obama added, "Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn't threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us."

Politics
Obama Calls Trump's Reversal On DREAMers 'Self-Defeating,' 'Cruel'
Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke said the administration, facing legal challenges to the program, "chose the least disruptive option," letting the program wind down in six months and placing the onus on a sharply divided Congress to enact Obama's executive action into law.

 

[Mycroft]

Or, he could make spurious claims that the law requires him to separate families, while at the same time being "above the law."

When has Trump been "above the law"?

 

[Bassman]

Trump doesn't have to worry about his core supporters. They will support anything he does. He said it himself: "I could go out and shoot someone, and not lose any votes."

I'm convinced he's right about that. His followers are like a flock of sheep, willing to follow him anywhere, anytime, for any reason. If Trump says it, it's right and anything contrary is just "fake news." If Trump does it, it's all right, American, moral, and just.

Trump is keeping the children he's separated from their families as hostages for his stupid wall. He's given up on the "Mexico will pay for it" meme, but his sheep don't care about that any more . All they want is a big ugly wall separating the US from Mexico.

So you would be another "Open Borders" Liberal?

 

[NeverTrump]

All US law.

You did not answer my question

 

[jimbo]

What law?

Asked and answered, and reanswered. Several times.

 

[jimbo]

Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border

As stated above in blue, Trump could end this cruelty with a phone call. But Trump would rather appease his core base than do what is right.

And that notion ... (a select few are more important than the will of the country writ-large) is a very selfish and dangerous ideology. A big **** you to the American people.

Oh Gee Golly. Another heart string tugging picture turns up.

 

[Mycroft]

Stop lying. Regurgitating Trump contrived excuse for abusing children after his abuse of DACA recipients and their families did not achieve legislative results intended by this hostage taker in chief is
beneath even you, but there you are. Trump does what you find so irresistibly attractive, he scapegoats and abuses the least powerful and influentiual.

Small handeds and other needle dicks love these tactics. Trump contradicted his professed (feigned) impotence in his campaign against DACA. Then he dangled an extension to them, despite first
claiming falsely that he had to act because courts would rule DACA was illegal, and the exist opposite happened!

DACA??

Throwing **** against the wall again, eh?

There isn't any DACA law.

Sorry, but your **** doesn't stick.

 

[Mycroft]

You did not answer my question

I did.

Trump, unlike Obama, will enforce all US law.

 

[Mycroft]

Asked and answered, and reanswered. Several times.

Not with me.

What law?

 

[NeverTrump]

I did.

Trump, unlike Obama, will enforce all US law.

Which US law did Obama not enforce?

 

[jimbo]

Not with me.

What law?

I'm not going to look it up for you. It's been posted several times in its entirety.