Oh boy! <searching the TV listings> I’m not seeing this on the schedule yet. When is it going to be on? Even if it’s Pay-Per-View, I’m payin!
You are correct.
And then, the MAGA-capped morons will agree with him and blame others, as will most of the complete amoral dinks in the Senate.
Hmm. That would mean the entire Republican party would more or less have to shut up.
Sounds good to me.
It’s almost as if Newt is daring Ann Coulter to launch a presidential bid. If she did launch a primary challenge to Trump, that would be the end. Of course she’s unqualified, but consider the current White House occupant and who put him there. It would right wing wackadoodle cannibalism.
With the shutdown over (or at least in abeyance), and the issue of Dane-geld less pressing, perhaps now it would be appropriate to offer funding for a serious Investigation into Border Security, or IBS. 
pulls out popcorn
Damn, I hate to agree with anything Newt says but re. Ann Coulter - I’m stuck. Can’t find anything to argue about in that statement.
The intel and military reps did their best in their recent testimony to Congress to eliminate the “national emergency” argument about the US southern border.
If Trump tries to declare a national emergency, it gets challenged in the courts, and Exhibit A for the plaintiffs is the transcript of the testimony, that there’s no real pressing emergency, that the military isn’t carrying out a military mission, etc.
Exhibit B, to challenge the President’s credibility, is a copy of Sicario: The Day of the Soldado. 
If thump declares a national emergency, will it get challenged in the Senate–that’s what I’m wondering.
AIUI, the is no legal definition an administration has to meet to declare a national emergency. Just like “national security”
it’s whatever the executive says it is. There are currently more than thirty “national emergencies” in effect. If it’s challenged, it will be on whether specific actions proposed are allowed, not the validity of the emergency itself.
AIUI, what garygnu wrote is correct.
This may be a good time for these articles on Lawfare:
Declaring an Emergency to Build a Border Wall: The Statutory Arguments
and
Can President Trump Fund the Wall by Declaring a National Emergency?
That second link affirmed something I had read earlier: that under a national emergency, the President can ‘redirect’ DOD construction funds that have not already been earmarked for specific projects.
IOW, he could rob a military account to build his precious wall. I wonder how that would play out with the base?
Just fine. They would blame Hillary or Obama.
I can tell you how that will prolly play out with Congress: everything will be earmarked in future appropriations bills so no POTUS can do what Trump is contemplating doing ever again.
And by build his wall, you mean award juicy contracts to his business partners and friends.
Of course, one of the largest U.S. steel producers is EVRAZ, which is controlled by Roman Abramovich, Alexander Abramov, and Aleksandr Frolov, who are close to Putin.
Evraz shareholders Roman Abramovich, Aleksandr Abramov and Aleksandr Frolov on list of those said to have benefitted from close ties to Russian leader. (NB: National Post is Canadian, hence they talk about EVRAZ’s Canadian operations. EVRAZ North America is headquartered in Chicago.)
No would-be President-for-Life can get to be President-for-Life without creating some oligarchs.
Or, as we’re watching in live action now, being owned by oligarchs.
Oligarchs are the best garchs.