Trump seems weaker and weaker even his close allies would have fled his most drastic tactics

President Donald Trump still desperately wants the border wall. But after arranging for a month against the federal government to try to compel Congress to give it $ 5.7 billion, it lacks options.

On Thursday, Politico announced that Trump had met with Senate Supply Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-AL. He appeared open to a bipartisan compromise on border security – and he is turning away more and more. from the idea of ​​declaring a national emergency to build its border wall as its GOP allies in the Senate have no appetite for supporting it.

Although the White House has prepared an emergency statement citing the president's extended executive powers, several Western wing aides have warned that its use would remove some conservatives who would otherwise be loyal to the House. -Blanche. Legislators and right-wing activists have been key allies of the president in judicial appointments, and have pointed out that an urgent declaration could set a precedent for a future democratic president to take major measures. against climate change or armed violence.

Trump has stopped thinking so much of a national emergency, both in public and in private. When asked if the President had given him orders or an ultimatum regarding a unilateral decision, Shelby replied that this had not happened.

"He did not say that. The meeting was very positive, "said Shelby, a radiant young woman. "He is somewhat open, flexible."

According to CNN, the White House has already defined the operation of the decree relating to an emergency declaration. Trump would order the Army Corps to build a border wall on private lands seized in the "emergency" zone along the southern border, and divert $ 7 billion from the Treasury , the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security for the project, completely bypassing Congress.

This strategy, however, would have encountered several problems. First, Democrats could sue for the declaration of emergency. Secondly, the National Emergencies Act also gives Democrats the power to vote in the House, which would force the Senate to vote to approve it within one month, otherwise it would be automatically canceled – and is unlikely to even the Republican majority in power. the upper house would provide the votes to keep it going.

Without a national emergency, Trump only has two options. It can either shut down the government, which would give a disastrous result following a poll of the last time, or do what it seems about to do now: accept a compromise that will not give it not its wall of 5.7 billion dollars. 19659002] Trump learns the hard way that there is no shortcut to negotiating with Congress and that even his own allies are ready to reach an agreement.