Today, it was reaffirmed that president Donald Trump will allow a partial shutdown of the federal government if congress does not fund the $5 billion necessary to complete the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump does not have enough votes in the house, nor the senate to continue building the wall. Even though the House is majority Republican, they still do not support the use of this much money into border security. Congress has offered less funding for security and fencing, but not a wall. To complete Trump's plan for border security it would require not just a physical barrier, but technology, enforcement, and altering of laws. The president seems to refuse no as an answer, and will confidently go through with a shutdown on Friday if congress refutes the $5 billion. In the start of 2019, there will be many debates on how to handle the project and funding from the government. There will be an attempt to find compromise on the bill to satisfy both Trump's plan and congress's abilities.
Question:
1. Do you think threatening and even enforcing a government shutdown will help Trump succeed in receiving the $5 billion from congress?
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ReplyDeleteThroughout Trump's time in office, there have been many things that he has threatened to enforce but hasn't gone through with. Congress will not grant the $5 billion for the wall because they see this as just another "temper tantrum". There won't be enough votes in the Senate or House to follow through. Congress cannot allow for threats from the Trump administration to push them towards doing the wrong thing.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that threatening and enforcing a government shutdown will help Trump succeed in receiving the $5 billion from Congress. Given the fact that Republicans lost the House and many Republicans don't want a border wall, I think Trump knows that his efforts are futile. Therefore, I don't think he will legitimately enforce a government shutdown. Even if he did, legislators wouldn't want to adhere to Trump's demands and would be even less likely to accept his request for the $5 billion dollars.
ReplyDeleteA government shutdown reflects incredibly poorly on the Trump administration. I doubt Congress will comply with his plans because of this threat, and I do not believe he will even commit to a government shutdown. The lack of support for a border wall from Republicans in the House shows Trump’s political illiteracy about the inner workings of his own party. If the $5 billion does come through from Congress, it undermines the separation of powers and sets a dangerous precedent that the president can push legislation with threats.
ReplyDeleteEnforcing a government shutdown will ultimately not help Trump succeed in receiving the $5 billion from Congress. Congress and others have seen the pattern his threats rarely turn into action. Therefore, Congress will let Trump's threats pass and not take any action because they understand that granting him $5 billion is the wrong thing to do,
ReplyDeleteI don't think that enforcing a government shutdown will help Trump succeed because the house and senate are not easily swayed, and shutting down the federal government will do nothing. His actions won't help to change the minds of congress, the lack of support should be an indicator to Trump that his plan is flawed. I don't think congress will allow such large sums of money to go into a project they don't support when the money could be going to better use for underfunded programs.
ReplyDeleteI think that a government shutdown, from the perspective of Trump and the Republicans, is a genius idea from multiple fronts. 1) the majority of government employees are Democrats, so the Democratic congressional people will be heavily pressured to negotiate with Trump because their base will not be making money 2) When the Democrats inevitably refuse to fund the wall, Trump can blame Pelosi and the Democratic congresspeople for fighting against what the country 'needs.' From his base's perspective, it will look like a win, energizing them for 2020
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that shutting down the government for a day will help Trump because I believe that he can not afford to be hated by his followers (if he does not succeed, it means he failed to act on his promise to build the wall) due to the the upcoming election. Even if he goes through with it, I do not believe that Congress will give him the money because there is a large lack of support to build a wall from both parties. Also, I think that Trump has three options; he could stop pushing for the $5 billion right now in order to avoid the situation, fight, then come to a compromise with the Republican and Democratic parties (this way he could still benefit in some way such as passing or not passing new laws), or push for it and risk not succeeding.
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DeleteIt seems to me that this is another one of Trump's comments attempting to solicit some form of drama. Congress will not give Trump the money for the wall in eye of these threats. Trump is not even keeping up with his promises, as his idea of a wall is a massive fence, and the fact that he is asking for more money now seems like its not in a good state.
ReplyDeleteWith a partial government shutdown, there can be compromise to get his funding for the wall eventually, yet at this point he may be extending his duties as the POTUS beyond the level of comfort both sides.
ReplyDeleteIt might help, but given that a lot of people already disagree with the wall, a shutdown will most likely do nothing more than make Trump's administration look bad.
ReplyDeleteTrump is known for saying that he'll take action on one thing, but ends up not addressing it later on. When he threatened a government shutdown, Congress might see through what may be a bluff on his part. Overall, getting the five billion dollars from this threat alone will not be enough to convince Congress to fund it.
ReplyDelete1. No, I don't think Trump's threat of shutting down the government will do much. He has made other similar threats before that do not accomplish his goals. I think this amount of money for something even his own party does not want will not pass. I also think the government sees it as a waste of useful funds because the likelihood of just the "wall" stopping at just the "wall" is unlikely.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think that trumps threat to shut down the government will help him get the money that he wants in anyway. I think that a shut down will do nothing but embaress himself as the president. However Trump does talk a lot, and is most likely bluffing
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that Trump's threat to shut down the government will do anything sufficient enough to get money because this will simply shine a negative light on the Trump Administration, which many people connected with them may not agree with.
ReplyDelete1. No, because there isn’t even support for it in his own party. Mitch McConnell said he doesn’t see the border wall happening this fiscal year, and without republican support, Trump’s wall is pretty much dead. He will have to stick to his current immigration policies like KILLING CHILDREN.
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