Joe Lockhart: ‘There’s No Crisis at the Border’; Everything Trump is Saying is ‘Fiction’
Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart believes that President Donald Trump is nearly impossible to negotiate with because everything he says “is fiction.”
On Friday Trump declared victory for ending the government shutdown in a Rose Garden statement by announcing a 21-day window for a larger border security bill to be negotiated. If nothing could be agreed to by then, the White House has threatened either another shutdown or declaring a national emergency to build his wall (or barrier, or whatever it is we are calling it now.)
“They’ve already lost the messaging battle on the emergency because if it was an emergency, we would have already acted,” Lockhart offered, adding “It’s him saying it’s an emergency but I’ll give you three weeks to talk about the emergency.”
He was then asked by New Day co-host Alisyn Camerota, “so 5.7 billion you think Democrats are willing to give if it’s fencing or slats and not a wall, which the president had already worked his way around so he will get a win of his last stated goal?”
“Well, he’ll declare victory but it won’t really be a victory. And, again, we will continue the policy that we’ve had,” Lockhart answered.
Remember, immigration, illegal immigration is at historical lows. There’s no crisis at the border. So you’ve got to start from the place that everything the president’s saying is fiction,” the former White House Press Secretary said, adding “so it’s very hard to negotiate with someone who’s dealing with a made-up problem.”
Watch above via CNN.
