He is absolutely exhausting

President Trump on Thursday backed down from his threat to close the southern border immediately, telling reporters at the White House that he is giving Mexico a “one-year warning” before taking action.

Trump had said he would close the border, or at least large sections of it, this week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration into the United States.

But in Thursday’s exchange with reporters, Trump shifted gears, saying that if Mexico does not make progress on stemming the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States within the next year, he will impose tariffs on cars and close the border.

  WaPo

But, it's a national emergency and Congress needs to act NOW to get that wall built he told us.

The apparent turnaround comes amid mounting warnings from advisers and business leaders that closing the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, the United States’s third-largest trading partner, could be economically devastating to both countries.

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“Closing down the border would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country, and I would hope we would not be doing that,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday.

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The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, a panel consisting of the top House leaders, voted [3-2 along party lines] in a private meeting earlier Thursday to authorize litigation opposing Trump’s [emergency declaration].

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A Democratic aide said that while the vote authorized future litigation, no lawsuit was imminent.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.