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Trump Declared an Emergency Based on Data That Doesn’t Exist

Trump Declared an Emergency Based on Data That Doesn’t Exist

Trump Declared an Emergency Based on Data That Doesn’t Exist

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

February 18, 20196m 40s

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Toward the end of a White House press conference Friday morning, during which President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to secure up to $8 billion in funding for a border wall, White House reporter Brian Karem stood to ask the president a single question: “What do you base your facts on?” It was the most clarifying question in an hour-long display that at times felt as hard to grasp as a slinky.

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