<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Struggling for a United Front
Where the now-declared national emergency goes from here. Plus Mike Pence snubs American allies in Warsaw, why Twitter is still pretty bad, and more
by Saahil Desai
Feb 15, 2019
3 minutes
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President Donald Trump did end up calling for a national emergency, in order to get the funds to build his border wall. It’s a consequential announcement, but one that was temporarily dulled by the president’s rambling, chaotic speech. He ad-libbed on the threat posed by gangs and criminal cartels—and even undermined his own case for the move by saying that he made the call out of The controversial decision now faces a dicey legal challenge ahead, but
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