Donald Trump seems inclined to close border despite potential chaos
CNNWashington CNN — President Donald Trump could initiate chaos and grave economic disruption by finally making good on his threat to slam shut the southern border, yet he’s clearly tempted to do it anyway. “We have grown very accustomed to having all the food we want when we want to eat it and at a price that is reasonable.” So while Trump would be handing a win on immigration to his supporters on one hand, he could be taking away something even more vital on the other – a political equation that may weigh against a border closure. White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that it would take “something dramatic” for the President to step back from his threat to close the border. Trump’s political counselor Kellyanne Conway warned on “Fox News Sunday” that her boss’s warning “certainly is not a bluff.” CNN’s Pamela Brown reported on Monday that officials had explained the legal and practical implications of closing the border to the President earlier in his administration – including the fact that some people live on one side of the border and send their kids to school or work on the other side.