What's the latest and greatest on the big, beautiful stupid wall for which Mexico is going to pay?

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Tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of flooding our Southern Border. We have sent additional military. We will build a Human Wall if necessary. If we had a real Wall, this would be a non-event! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2019

Well, at least he has a real jobs program now. Uncle Sam wants you!



In more serious matters, he's flirting heavily with unconstitutionality again—and by "heavily" I mean he's moving on it like a bitch and grabbing it by its...From CNN:

That support includes a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019 as well as placing 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry. The Defense Department said the total active duty forces supporting CBP at the border will be approximately 4,350. These additional units are being deployed for 90 days.

On Thursday, CNN reported approximately 3,500 additional active duty troops will be deployed to the southern border to bolster security. The Pentagon's decision to not reveal the size of the increase during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday was slammed by the committee's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington. "The Members of the Committee would have been extremely interested in discussing what the 3,500 troops going to the border in response to DHS's latest request will be doing there," Smith wrote in a letter to acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan. "This is a violation of the executive branch's obligation to be transparent with Congress, which oversees, authorizes, and funds its operations," Smith added.

The president* is deploying more than 4,000 U.S. troops to engage in what is essentially a law-enforcement mission inside the borders of the United States—posse comitatus, anyone?—in response to a "crisis" that exists only in his head. To say the very least, this is...unusual. And it seems newsworthy to me. But don't take my word for it. I've been filling out applications to be a gate-post all morning.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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