And bill mcgurn, lets ask. Looks like the president s gearing up to make this a big Midterm Election issue, immigration. Thats pretty clear, paul. Hes making an issue that he campaigned on, the wall and influx of migrants and immigrants from mexico. I have to wonder a little bit, paul, whether its a political issue is one thing. The other question is whether it is a substantive problem on the border. The dreamers, the people connected to the daca issue, they came here in the 1980s and 1990s when there was an enormous surge of migrants from mexico. The surge has stopped, in no small part because mexicos birth rate has dropped to about 2. 5, like ours is 2. 1 per child bearing woman. There arent as many of them that are going to come as there were before. The dreamers, i expect hes going to blame that on the democrats. The democrats in turn will say President Trump has made a conscious decision to strand these people who are here under no fault of their own. Paul to dans point, the Borde
Midterms. Dan henninger and mary ogrady and bill mcgurn, lets ask. Looks like the president s gearing up to make this a big Midterm Election issue, immigration. Thats pretty clear, paul. Hes making an issue that he campaigned on, the wall and influx of migrants and immigrants from mexico. I have to wonder a little bit, paul, whether its a political issue is one thing. The other question is whether it is a substantive problem on the border. The dreamers, the people connected to the daca issue, they came here in the 1980s and 1990s when there was an enormous surge of migrants from mexico. The surge has stopped, in no small part because mexicos birth rate has dropped to about 2. 5, like ours is 2. 1 per child bearing woman. There arent as many of them that are going to come as there were before. The dreamers, i expect hes going to blame that on the democrats. The democrats in turn will say President Trump has made a conscious decision to strand these people who are here under no fault of
Administration, and President Trump assured everyone today he doesnt need to prepare very much for the upcoming Nuclear Summit with north korea. Just hours after launching a fresh round of attacks on the russia investigation. We are also following a new report from the New York Times tonight that details how associates of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort are abandoning him as special counsel, Robert Mueller, closes in. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, the president s allout barrage against special counsel Robert Muellers team, the Obama Administration, and, of course, former fbi director james comey. The president wrote on twitter, in part, quote, isnt it ironic getting ready to go to the g7 in canada to fight for our country on trade, capital t, then off to singapore to meet with north korea and the nuclear problem. But back home, we still have the 13 angry democrats pushing the witch hunt. There has never been a group of people on a case so biased or confli
First, the president s allout barrage against special counsel Robert Muellers team, the Obama Administration, and, of course, former fbi director james comey. The president wrote on twitter, in part, quote, isnt it ironic getting ready to go to the g7 in canada to fight for our country on trade, capital t, then off to singapore to meet with north korea and the nuclear problem. But back home, we still have the 13 angry democrats pushing the witch hunt. There has never been a group of people on a case so biased or conflicted. Its all a democratic excuse for losing the election. The president also wrote, when will people start saying thank you, mr. President , for firing james comey . On wednesday, trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani called comey a villain and said muellers team was trying hard to frame the president of the United States. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press spoke to giuliani today and reports the former mayor, quote, has used a media blitz to frequently set and later move the
Again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 504 of the Trump Administration, and President Trump assured everyone today he doesnt need to prepare very much for the upcoming Nuclear Summit with north korea. Just hours after launching a fresh round of attacks on the russia investigation. We are also following a new report from the New York Times tonight that details how associates of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort are abandoning him as special counsel, Robert Mueller, closes in. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, the president s allout barrage against special counsel Robert Muellers team, the Obama Administration, and, of course, former fbi director james comey. The president wrote on twitter, in part, quote, isnt it ironic getting ready to go to the g7 in canada to fight for our country on trade, capital t, then off to singapore to meet with north korea and the nuclear problem. But back home, we still have the 13 angry democrats pushing the witc