Donald Trump Preparing to Declare a National Emergency to Gain Wall Funding?

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to make a ‘major announcement’ on Saturday afternoon. This comes as the partial government shutdown nears the one-month mark.

I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M., live from the @WhiteHouse.

This has led to speculation on what exactly Trump intends to announce from the White House’s Diplomatic Room. Faced with an obstinate Democrat-controlled House of Representatives which has refused to offer the $5 billion-plus that he is seeking for a wall on the Southern border, Trump last week suggested that he could declare a national emergency. This would allow the reallocation of funds assigned to the Department of Defense to the building of the wall