Since my previous article about President Trump and his funding for the wall, he is not backing down. Ellen Nakashima, who is in favor of The Washington Post as a national security reporter, stated, “A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that ‘there is no factual basis’ for President Trump’s proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.” Could it be that the President is too stubborn to abandon the process of creating a wall that divides the U.S. and Mexico? Let’s find out.

People know for a fact that many presidents have declared reasonable national emergencies, including George W. Bush after 9/11 and Barack Obama during the swine flu outbreak in 2009. According to Vox, “In recent history, they’ve done so under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, which lets presidents issue an emergency declaration but under certain constraints — namely, Trump can only use specific powers Congress has already codified by law, and he has to say which powers he’s using.” It appears that Trump is using the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to build the wall that he desires.

On Tuesday, February 26, the White House rejected Trump’s demand, stating that it is nothing but “a fake emergency.” Fox News claimed, “Democratic leaders said the vote was not about the merits of Trump’s wall but how Trump was trampling on the Constitution by grabbing money that he couldn’t obtain through the usual means.” They did, however, mention that “the vote was 245-182, with all Democrats voting yes and 13 Republicans joining them.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, seen on Tuesday, said Trump was trying to “bend the law” with his declaration of a national emergency on the southern border. So, what the news is trying to tell you is that Trump is a little sly when he tries to get something his way.

How can one be so desperate to create something that is unnecessary to others? This question is mostly pointed toward President Trump. It will take him at least a few years for him to build a border wall to refrain the increase of overpopulation, but, even if he were to build the wall, people could find opportunities to go over, under, or around the barrier.