Trump Says He’s Likely To Declare National Emergency If Congress Won’t Fund Wall

President Trumps says if he doesn’t get a border wall, he will declare a national emergency to build a border wall.

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

Updated at 5:20 p.m. ET

President Trump says he is willing to declare a national emergency if Democrats don’t go along with his demands for $5.7 billion for a border wall.

Trump’s campaign for a border wall took him to McAllen, Texas, on Thursday for a visit to a Border Patrol station and a roundtable discussion with local officials, before heading to the Rio Grande.