It's a manifestation of DJT finally realizing that the much vaunted second term is slip, sliding away.sometimewoodworker wrote: ↑December 29, 2018, 8:13 amYou are completely ignoring the fact that the Trump government does not think that it will make any difference that the majority of both republicans and democrats know that it is completely useless waste of money that the overwhelming numbers of illegal immigrants overstay legal entries they don't cross illegally. That the vast majority of drugs enter through the airports and ports. So there is no support for throwing away the money.
So the 5 billion dollars now and a further 20+ billion laterTrump"s vanity wall will cost that was promised to cost the US tax payers nothing is a a broken election promise. It has nothing to do with border security. There is bipartisan support for improving border security.
If it would really make a difference there would be enough support to pass the bills.
Since statistically it is more likely for a 2-term POTUS to become a lame-duck, I guess the upside for DJT is he won't get a chance to add that to his cv. However, if he carries on acting the GOATUS, he could easily come top of the class of that small, elite group of one-term lame ducks.