Veteran journalist and frequent Trump critic Dan Rather is not supportive of the President’s unwarranted declaration of a national emergency on the Southern border. Many, including Republicans, believe it’s an unconstitutional power grab that co-ops the rights of Congress, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, to control the nation’s purse strings.

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Many were shocked and stunned last week when the President, in his wild and unscripted, nearly hour-long free-form speech announcing he was declaring a national emergency in order to re-allocate funds from Defense Dept. programs and use them to build his wall.

But what perhaps was most-shocking was Trump admitting, “ I didn’t need to do this ,” and announcing he was only declaring a national emergency to fulfill a campaign promise and to “speed-up” the process of building his wall.

In response, Dan Rather took to Twitter to prove just how ludicrous Trump’s remarks – and his national emergency declaration, are.

His tweet is going viral, with over 3000 likes and nearly 14,000 retweets in just two hours.

Take a look:

“I didn’t need to do this” is something I occasionally say after ordering dessert, not after ordering national emergencies. — Dan Rather (@DanRather) February 18, 2019