On Tuesday, he said he was willing to do what it takes to get his pet project off the ground.
Afterwards, his many critics questioned whether he was 'fit' to be President. LOL!
The President's effort to build a barrier along America's southern border had stalled in Congress, where many lawmakers had asked whether this campaign promise is really necessary.
Still the House had passed a spending bill with funding for the costly project, but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
The Wall was one of Trump's most popular campaign promises, prompting regular rally chants of "Build that wall!"
He had even vowed that Mexico would pick the tab, but the country has so far refused. Rightly so.
He had asked for $1.6 billion to begin construction – but his fellow Republicans in Congress were perturbed because the funding would add to the federal deficit. Already, the Republicans are trying to figure out how to pay for tax cuts.
Trump is belligerent and he even threatened to shut down the government – just so he can find the money to build his Wall.
I see a big budget battle looming.
No matter how much I wish to mock him – at least, he is keeping to his election pledges.
Today, I was in Shah Alam to be one of three facilitators for a one-day Evaluation workshop organized by the Zuellig Pharma Toastmasters Club for their members. The other two were Cyril Jonas and Yeoh Cheng Lim.
Out of thirteen participants, 8 were Toastmasters and 5 non-Toastmasters. Including an unexpected guest from Segamat, Johor, 11-year old Nur Adeleeya Iman:
This dynamite delivered two Table Topics speeches, evaluated my impromptu speech (titled "The Ms Victoria I Would Like to Meet") and even drew this:
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