In an unprecedented move, President Trump held a rare open meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Immigration by allowing cameras and reported for close to an hour to observe in real time the legislation negotiation process in real time.
The bold move was widely seen as a counter move to the discredited Fire And Fury book on him, his Family and Administration to prove that he is mental faculties are sound and mentally stable.
For 55 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, President Trump put his mental faculties on display for Americans and the world to see that his mental faculties are not deteriorating as purported by the impeach Trump brigade within the Democrat Party and the alt-left.
President Trump during an bipartisan meeting on Immigration at the White House, Tuesday 9 January, 2018. Credit: AP
Viewers were treated to real time legislative sausage and policy making process in action on DACA and Immigration Reform negotiations with a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats lawmakers.
“This is the President we see everyday,” said a White House official. “He works ridiculously hard, he’s laser-focused on getting results and he knows how to deal with people.”
“It’s not common, but I thought it was a good idea. It was good for the White House and the staff to also see the gaps we need to bridge amongst the Republicans and Democrats,” said Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina who attended the meeting.
President Trump has put the onus on Congress to come with a solution on DREAMERs as part of Immigration Reform. Credit: Spencer Platt/GETTY Images
With the March 5 deadline for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – an illegal Obama-era deportation amnesty protecting up to 800,000 DREAMers – quickly approaching, there is urgency on both sides of the political divide to come up with a solution.
Showing his negotiation skills, President Trump urged lawmakers from both sides of the political divide to find a bipartisan solution to protect thousands of DREAMers and young illegal immigrants from deportation, but at the same time, insisted that that any agreement must include funding for a border wall on the southern border with Mexico.
President Trump listen to his most vocal critic Democrat Senator Dick Durbin. Credit: Reuters
“If you don’t have the wall, you don’t have security,” Trump told the lawmakers.
“You folks are going to have to come up with a solution, and if you do, I’m going to sign that solution.”
President Trump then pushed the responsibility to the bipartisan lawmakers saying he would sign any bill that gives protection to young DREAMers and DACA recipients provided it contained border security protections he has insisted on.
New Trump Admin proposal denies Path to Citizenship to almost a million DACA illegal immigrants. Credit: AFP/GETTY Images
Although calling for a series of immigration reforms to the current system such as ending the visa lottery and the disastrous “chain migration” which allows for immigrants to sponsor extended family members and relative to the United States, President Trump maintained that his biggest focus is still on the wall.
While Democrats object to any action other than approving the legal status for DREAMers insisting chain migration and the wall can wait, the President pointed out the importance of both. He reminded Democrats of recent terrorist attacks and how they had been carried out by immigrants who are beneficiaries of the very same disastrous systems of visa lottery and chain migration.
New York subway bomber and terrorist Akayed Ullah hides his face after a failed terrorist attack.
The extended bipartisan immigration reform negotiations which were open to the media and public received great praise from all sides including his most vocal critics, hailing it as more transparent and effective than his tweets.
A smaller bipartisan group of lawmakers will meet again Wednesday to continue the negotiations.
When asked by pool reporters about the prospects of Oprah Winfrey running for President against him in the 2020 Presidential Election, he said he would “beat Oprah” should she decided to run.
President Trump then citizen Donald Trump with Oprah Winfrey in January 1988. Credit: Getty Images
“Yeah, I’ll beat Oprah. Oprah would be a lot of fun,” he said in response to Democrats’ desperate move to push her to run.
“I know her very well. I did one of her last shows” adding, “I like Oprah.”
However, he also put a damper on those pushing for a celebrity-type of Presidential Race ending on this, “I don’t think she’s going to run,” a statement latter supporter by Oprah’s bestie, Gayle King saying she wasn’t considering running.
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