BY JOE KELLY
President Trump declared a national of emergency over border security funding on Friday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The announcement was made from the White house after Congress refused to give Trump $5.7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the New York Times, Trump is amassing $8 billion by taking money from the military, presidential, and Treasury Department budgets.
This is all being done without Congress approval, the Wall Street Journal wrote. "I didn't need to do this," Trump said to news outlets, referring to his declaration of emergency over border security funding. "But I'd rather do it much faster."
Democrats and republicans criticized Trump for his unconstitutional action, the New York Times reported. The Wall Street Journal wrote that presidents in the past never signed declarations of emergency over actions that Congress rejected.
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