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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO SECURE FUNDS FOR HIS BORDER WALL THAT MANY SAY IS NOT NECESSARY!......"I didn't need to do this."If there was one self-defeating sound bite from U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, it was this admission.While justifying his use of emergency powers to redirect billions of dollars to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump's off-script aside may have been a gift for lawyers preparing to challenge his move. "I just want to get it done faster, that's all," Trump conceded in the White House Rose Garden.He is embarking on a legally dubious course — one that Republicans might live to regret.Trump declares national emergency over funds to build U.S.-Mexico border wall If Trump isn't 'happy' about the border-wall deal, imagine how his voters feel

Trump's remarks risk upending his entire case for declaring a national emergency. Illegal border crossings are at near-historic lows, raising criticisms that Trump has set up a constitutional showdown for declaring an emergency on iffy grounds. California's governor Gavin Newsom said the state will sue. Trump said he expects the fight to go to the Supreme Court, which could take months.In the meantime,