White House senior officials, who talked to President Trump last night, told me there is no deal on DACA with the Chuck Schumer Democrats and that the building of the wall is the cornerstone to any legislative DACA solution going forward.
“The President wants a wall along the border, and he is willing to obstruct any Congressional action that does not include it,†one senior White House official told me last night on the condition of anonymity.
“There is no amnesty, there is no deal with the Democrats. A prototype of the wall is being developed now. The President won’t commit to the vehicle but there will be no amnesty – there are simply lines he won’t cross.â€
The senior official also told me that President Trump would only consider DACA legislation that affected the 690,000 current DACA participants now, and would not entertain continuing the program for new applicants. “The President ended DACA going forwardâ€, the official said.
The WallÂ
Trump’s top campaign promise was to build the wall.
Some took that literally, others have regarded it as a symbol of resolve to more broadly enforce our laws and enhance our national sovereignty.
While most of us acknowledge that the wall is just one, albeit a vital, component of an exhaustive list of needed reforms, there’s no turning back now. The wall has to be built because it has become the durable and symbolic centerpiece of America’s determination to enforce our laws and maintain control of our borders.
If it gets built, all other reforms are likely; without it, Trump faces major agenda defeat and national resolve will diminish.
The Day the Tiger Got LooseÂ
On September 13, 2017 Trump learned a valuable lesson: his base will turn on him over amnesty for illegal immigrants, regardless of the circumstances.
Remember his comment on the campaign that if he shot somebody in cold blood on Park Avenue his base would still be with him?
The President found out yesterday that is not the case when he cavalierly floated DACA amnesty with no wall to the media and Chuck Schumer.
It was met with immediate fire and fury from his base.
Conservative talk radio caller telephones like mine lit up like a pinball machine in a penny arcade all over the country. The Trump base was infuriated. They showed it.
Trump found out in no uncertain terms that if he breaks his promise on the wall – and plays the globalist slave labor game with amnesty deals to appease the cheap labor and cheap votes D.C. uni-Party swamp crowd — all hell will break loose among his most ardent supporters.
Trump supporters know their establishment Republican representatives in Washington have lied to them over 30 years. Their patience has run out. The game has changed.
The President learned if he caves in on amnesty for illegals and negotiates away the wall its political suicide. He’ll lose the House in 2018; he’s out in 2020.
It’s like George Bush’s 1988 pledge: “read my lips, no new taxesâ€.  You can’t break the pledge. If you do, you lose.
The Movement Transcends Its LeaderÂ
For two years I have said on national television and on my radio program the America first Trump doctrine is a movement. It cannot be contained.
The movement is now transcending its leader.
Trump set a tiger is loose in the streets. Trump either rides the tiger – or it will eat him.
If you want proof of this, circle Sept. 26th on your calendar.
That’s the day Alabama voters will soundly reject President Trump’s U.S. senate swamp candidate Luther Strange and elect Roy Moore in a landslide.
The movement is moving past its current leader.
Trump found out yesterday his base – which he ignited — cannot be managed.
It’s now managing him.
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John, I find it incredible that when you talk about the Reagan tax decrease that you fail to talk about the Reagan tax increases. Reagan’s tax decrease was the reason we had the Reagan tax increases. Some describe the Reagan tax increases as being the largest in the peace time history of this country.
You want to talk about the Reagan tax increases, just let me know.
Any tax decrease that I am aware of may increase revenue. But, the debt and interest payments continue to climb at the same or higher rate even with the increased revenue.
You are just trying to save Trump and the Republicans via a “Trumped” up tax decrease. None of Trumps agenda that require Congressional approval is ever going anywhere simply because Limbaughites shutdown Obama for 8 years. An eye for an eye.
Trump’s base is not really Trumps base. It’s people who vote Republican no matter what who have now been coined Trump’s base by the media bandits. Trumps base is just plain BS talk. Independents like myself and organized labor both in a few key electoral states put Trump in the White House. Along with an assist by Comey, Assange, Putin, and stupid Hillary. Trumps base will never leave because they are never going to vote Democrat.
The minute the Democrats embrace American made, the game is over for Republicans. But, don’t hold your breath.
I couldn’t imagine voting for Trump, again if He allows DACA! After living thru 9/11- illegal immigrant’s attack of Our Country in- My neighborhood -is something you would Never! Forget. This program is illegal & also, hand’s over Our handworked $tax-dollar’s to illegals. What kind of Idiot’s has America become?
The Saudi’s we have bought oil from, protected w’ Our Own American blood came to Norman, OK & Crofton, MD- loving small town America under Our Nose trained the crimminal’s who the attacked America on 9/11.
Does America really think that’s The End of it? No
Get tough America these illegal immigrant’s aren’t here to become citizen’s, be evangelize & certainly nor join The Armed Services & defend Our Great Nation. God bless us all to uphold The Law♡
I don’t think of Trump as my “leader”. He is the head of the executive branch of government, period. If he has misplaced his spine, I hope he finds it. If not, then at least we got Gorsuch and the Warsaw speech.
Build the Wall , Build it Tall,
Build it around the Va General Assembly then flood it!
Flood the swamp that has Dismal (pun intended ) leadership.
Yes the Dismal Swamp is in Va.
Mr. Fredericks,
I Commented in one of your stories during the primary stating if the Republicans do not give me Trump I will fish and horseback ride the New River Trail on Election Day you stated you were going to vote to save the country I understand.
I want to Trump for his americanism agenda and to build the wall the reason I wanted the wall was to help stem the flow of the illegal immigrants that the Virginia Republicans were allowing to work here in Virginia violating Virginia law president Trump nor this wall will address this issue.
Now a year later we are at the forefront of yet another election I haven’t seen anything in any legislation from any Republican willing to stem the flow of illegal labor in Virginia’s construction industry.
Delegate Randall minchew has Bill HB 253 this bill requires the purchase of Workers Compensation Insurance prior to obtaining a contractor’s license whoopie.
This bill is nothing but a loophole mandating the purchase of insurance this bill needs a Virginia Employment Commission account requirement then all contractors who have a Virginia Employment Commission account must be audited by the Virginia Employment Commission.
then we need to amend the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act so that this audit are not just based on a 20-point IRS check but also require the Virginia Unemployment Commission to validate that all contractors are licensed in Virginia this will close all loopholes firmly.
Ed Gillespie is currently asleep at the wheel I do not believe a lobbyist can fully understand employment law. If Ed Gillespie is elected and he is negligent and understanding our laws he will be providing State Sanctuary to illegal aliens.
Myself as a very big Donald Trump supporter I would have to say at this point people who want to get rid of illegal employment in Virginia must cast their vote for Ralph Nortram so that he may continue Executive Order 24 and the Department of Labor and Industry notification policy to DPOR of the detection of unlicensed contractors plain and simple.
Mr. Fredericks,
What is Eds ‘ policy for illegal employment , payroll , tax and insurance fraud? Example below;
http://watchdog.org/202012/subcontractors-shadow-economy
Trump made 3 promises that are an emotional connection with his base. Build the Wall was the first and most important as it represented symbolically his commitment to MAGA. Second was his commitment to drain the swamp and that means jail time for some really corrupt people (Hillary, Comey, Pedestal, Lerner, Wasserman-Shultz, Rice). When his crowds were yelling “Lock her Up” they were condemning corruption at the highest levels of government. Third was repeal of obamacare. Failure to accomplish this last one rests squarely on the Republicans in Congress – and I suspect a bunch more of them will soon announce retirement as their calumny has caught up with them.
These three commitments are what connected the base with Trump, even more so than tax cuts, higher employment and infrastructure improvement. All of which are important but not of an emotional nature like those i just mentioned.
I think Trump’s biggest promise with emotional connection to his base was protectionism, or as some would call it, economic nationalism.
I can go along with that, but you have to turn it into something people can easily grasp. What actually is economic nationalism if not protection from illegal invasion of the national job and welfare system? And if nothing else, focus on DACA is focus on the implications of an invasion allowed to occur through the past 3 presidencies.
I also add that nobody actually believe any of the employment numbers coming out of the government. They have been so manipulated that they are meaningless. Maybe the labor force participation rate means something but who knows if even that isn’t manipulated. Eventually, the people get it. (And politicians would be wise to remember that when the herd of elephants stomps, the pygmies hide in trees to escape the bloodbath below.)
I can hide a crew of bricklayers under 1 single 1099.
I can hide a framing crew under 1 single 1099
I can hide a crew of roofers under 1 single 1099
I can hide a siding crew under 1 single 1099
Let’s just keep this up through all aspects of my construction.
PS
Oh yea and if the dill hole at the VEC audits me he will just classify them as bona-fide independent contractors, you see his procedures are set by policy of the Commissioner of the VEC
The problem is that you can’t trust anything coming out of the White House until it’s a done deal. No one there knows what policy is because the president himself doesn’t even know, even despite what he sometimes says. He can say one thing one day, and do the opposite the next day, so there is no coherent way to understand whether rumors and allegations from anyone are true…anyone who says something different is just spreading a different kind or rumor or allegation.
The Art of the Deal includes flexibility. If you become rigid, as have far too many of our GOPe friends, you invite disaster. In addition, Trump has always kept his ear to the ground because that is where the action is ultimately, and I suspect he floated this tweet amnesty balloon to see what the reaction was, and it was horrible. I also think that Pelosi and Schumer, by opening their fat yaps, have killed any hope of a DACA deal – and that is a very good thing. Now, the GOPe Congress is stuck having to actually pick a side and defend it – political courage is an oxymoron so I don’t suspect anything to occur.
This is nice but;
We have now arrived back at where we were the day we cast our vote for Trump.
Myself as a Licensed Contractor was having a discussion with Jim McKelvy (previous 5th District Congressional Candidate) about illegal immigration.
Jim said; “let’s just send them all home”
I said; “yea right you never can get that done because I can just write a check to one illegal alien , he can then cash the check and pay his illegal cousins, I can even issue the first one a 1099 to cut my tax liability and you are not going to be able to crap about it”
Question to all here ;
So what is Ed going to do about Unlicensed Contracting? Executive Order 24?
I won’t be subject to the mandated e-verify requirement that is just for the W-2/W-4 wage system.
Don’t let this news get anyone to giddy.
I once told a sitting Senator;
Obama can make all the illegal aliens Citizens today and I can hire all the ones that don’t qualify tomorrow as Unlicensed Contractors.
What? Are you saying the White House is being run like a campaign?
Great article John, thanks. Hey John, would you do me a favor and ask the White House if they have sent the “payment book” for the wall to Mexico?
Why don’t we just fine the hell out of employers who hire illegals, and use that money to pay for the wall?
Really thank you fine the employer!! $20,000.00 for each hire , that is just the equivalent of a 40 hour week @$10.00 per hour .When a employer hires a white , black or brown man illegally he creates a financial burden on the state in so many ways. Illegal employment is not a concern of elected Republicans in Virginia.
Jim, reason and common sense seems to be something that has escaped many men who hold office today.
I am looking forward to Nov. not just to the Governor ticket.
In a neighboring County they Man in charge of inspections previously sat on the Board of Contractors and if we can shift the LOCAL BOS to the Dems they will be changing their building permit app. , at that point contractors who employ illegally in ways as I discuss will be “fraudulently filing a county application”. Prosecution by local prosecutors. The Dems will run with it in future local elections.
In America if you want to buy it you can, same approach for a PAC. One needs to be created using the Electrical workers , Plumbers and HVAC Unions and the Insurance Industry.
The odds of having a Republican State Senator get a sex change a far better than having them go after illegal employers.
Steve – we are talking about the symptoms while ignoring the disease which has caused all of this – and that is the fact that the banksters own the GOP – or at least a good portion of it, to include the leadership. And their agenda is anathema to the Trump CAMPAIGN agenda.
The wall is mostly symbolic. If the Democrats are smart, they would go along with some wall funding so they say they do something about curbing illegal aliens, but then prevent real reforms like everify.
Pelosi and Schumer, by trying to create the impression of a deal on amnesty, have actually undone the deal. Now Trump has to go full monty with the wall, e-verify, increased deportation, and actual jail time for corporate and government abusers of the immigration laws.
Ed Gillespies jobs plan with DPOR Regulatory cuts could cost Va. countless legal jobs, shifting them to the Va. underground labor market and costing Virginia taxpayers an excess of 100 Million Dollars under his term .
Va. cannot afford to subsidize illegal labor not one more day.
Vote Ralph Northam this November , tell Enron Ed we are tired of ponzi schemes that benefit the rich.
What is DPOR?
The Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Please read Ed’s job plan.
I am a Class A licensed Building Contractor and there is not 1 single
Regulation that governs my bussiness Ed could cut that would cause me to add one single job.
Corporatist would like to rip apart these regulations so that they may employ individuals using the 1099
and comit payroll , tax and insurance fraud.
Example of Senator Newman’s district, click on link I post below.
http://watchdog.org/202012/subcontractors-shadow-economy
Ed is not good for Va. business or New Home Buyers.
If — as you conclude — it is now managing him, that will be a first.
Trump is smart enough to know that leaders lead willing followers, – and that when a leader departs too far from those he has a followers, he loses. History is replete with the failures of leaders who lose the magical connection with their followers.
You lost me after the first six words. Warmac, you are a sycophant for Trump, and I mean that in the very worst form of the term, meaning you cost your cause, your party and those you support credibility.You are The True Believer in the very Eric Hoffer sense of the term.
My candidate was Cruz.
I will be candid, the only reason that I did not support Cruz was what happened in Texas when they addressed their Employee Misclassification. Brietbart ran a great story on how the Texas legislators screwed the working class there by still allowing loopholes for the employment of them.
In Texas the E-Verify mandate was just placed on hourly employees not the 1099.
I thought if Cruz was of Executive quality and genuinely concerned about the Texas working class he would have spoke up then, oppurtunity missed.
Virginia is unique, as a Contractor it is a prohibited act within the law for me to Sub-Contract
work to someone who does not have a license.
If I issue a 1099 you had better have; General Liability, Workers Comp. and a license.
Warmac9999,
We will confront our Employee Misclassification under our next Governor and I have not one bit of reassurance that Ed¡ is up for it.
Previous Va. history leads me to this conclusion.
***As a Contractor in Va. when you receive your new license or renew it you will recieve your license and a ***General Information sheet. On this sheet there are a list of do and don’ts.
***This statement removed by Governor McDonnell;
“You are *required* to ensure that *all* subcontractors and trade related individuals hold the appropriate license issued by DPOR.” WHY??????? WTF!!!!
Feel free to confirm with Olson at DPOR.
I did not cast vote for Cuccinelli. In fact when I was asked by my local Republican Party rep to be a Delegate for him I told the Republican asking over the phone that because Va held a majority with Cucci, McDonnell and Bolling and that they did nothing while DOLI was issuing violations to unlicensed contractors /illegal aliens that since you rang my phone if I see you butt on my job that I was going to with pleasure throw him in the mud. I meant it then and I mean it today!
I voted for McAuliffe, I was told after many communications with McAuliffe camp; ” that when we get elected in Nov. and we will be elected that I we look forward to enforcing these laws”. They won , They issued Executive order 24 and the DOLI notification policy change to DPOR when violations are issued to unlicensed Contractors.
The Va.
Office of Attorney General under Cucci knew of this as early as 2012, possibly earlier. I facilitated the communication with arrest records of illegal aliens and drug dealers who wad been issued these violations, it was stupid. At that time you could look them up online. After McAuliffe won Obama had the OSHA site reformatted.
As you may know that VOSHA/DOLI gets some of there revenue from the Fed.
It would be a clear lack of integrity of all of us to let happen to Va. what happened to Texas.
W,
Just think,
Had Ken C. spent *just* the the same amount of time looking at these State issued violations that he spent looking at Jonnie Williams Co. Star Scientific before his decision to invest he would have been Governor and carried Obenshain as AG and he himself would be poised to take Senator Tim Kaine seat. If you would like to know what State issued documention he passed on look at Richmond TEA Party site , Voter ID Story , I think it was July1st 2012.
Comments section it was left there for all to see.
1) A violation issued to an illegal alien as an unlicensed framing contractor with a continuous arrest record in the Va. Court system data base.
2) An arrest record to a Cocaine trafficker out on bond from Mecklenburg County, NC who 30 days later was issued a violation in Va. Why yes he left the State of NC. to install vial siding while operating as a unlicensed contractor, why yes this was a multi unit complex , not a small job.
VOTE Ralph Northam for Governor because
Ed wants to cut these DPOR Regulations i.e.
State sponsored Santurary
Mac,
Republicans must be treated NO different than the young lady at Va. Tech ( attempted abduction at Va Tech June 2012 under our last Republican Governor )
They must be dragged kicking and screaming to enforce labor law.
Why is the only way for Republicans to profit is through fraud? Republicans are the *Lazy Americans that don’t want to work*