At least for now, Trump is doing little to try and dissuade Republicans who are considering voting to block his national emergency declaration on the southern border
President Donald Trump is taking a surprisingly low-key approach to a bipartisan rebuke on his border wall and the first likely veto of his presidency.
The president took the news that he was officially headed for a defeat in stride, said Sen. Rand Paul , who spoke to the president on Sunday after he announced he would become the deciding vote against Trump. Paul added that 10 or “possibly more” senators would ultimately vote against Trump next week on the House-passed resolution of disapproval. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell . acknowledged on Monday that Trump will lose the vote, but the House will not be able to override the president's veto.
But because of Trump’s veto threat and the slim odds of overriding him, it’s likely to be the courts rather than Congress that derails the emergency declaration. And even though the president could face a sizable GOP revolt, he appears comfortable pitting himself against Senate Democrats and a bloc of his own party.
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