Pentagon authorises $1 billion to build Trump’s US-Mexico border wall
Donald Trump had called for using $5.7 billion in taxpayer money to construct more than 200 miles of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Donald Trump had called for using $5.7 billion in taxpayer money to construct more than 200 miles of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
The National Emergencies Act allows the President to declare a national emergency and unlock a stash of funds by invoking certain statutory authority.
California Governor Gavin Newsom had announced plans to sue the Trump administration after the President's move for a national emergency to access funds for building the wall.
Trump called for using $5.7 billion in taxpayer money to construct more than 200 miles of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Trump's speech came ahead of a February 15 deadline for Congress to agree on funding for building a border wall which the president made a key pledge in his election campaign.
After meeting top Democrats, he also said he could declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and build a US-Mexico border wall.
As the US government shutdown entered its third day, Trump took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to tell the world how he was ‘all alone’ in the White House along with other ‘complaints.’
