i think the president s frustrated that first of all, he s been unable to get funding for his border wall, and by the way. john, his base in texas would say this is not a crisis. we don t need a wall. oh, no, it s not a crisis at all. definitely is an immigration levels are way down. but this is something the president used to get votes in the campaign. he promised that mexico was going to pay for the wall. of course, they re not. and the other reality is, the wall s never going to be built. okay? let s make that clear. but he s trying to make it look like it s going to be built. so now that he got only a billion and a half dollars for this wall, which is largely to restore or rehabilitate existing fencing, he s trying to say a, it s being built and b, if it isn t built conservatives, i m going to put troops on the border to protect you. this is to create the illusion of action and toughness. but as you suggested, it is a