Article snippet: MORE on Thursday gave his strongest indication yet that he may declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he cannot reach a deal with Democrats on funding for his long-promised border wall. Trump spent most of the day near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, a visit many in Washington see as a precursor to an emergency declaration after talks with congressional leaders imploded the day before. “Well, we can declare a national emergency. We shouldn’t have to because this is just common sense,” Trump told reporters on the banks of the Rio Grande River, flanked by border agents and piles of plastic-wrapped drugs seized at the frontier. But if talks don’t pick back up, Trump said, “then you will see what happens with national emergency, which I can do very easily and there’s no question it holds up.” The White House is looking at $13.9 billion in funding approved by Congress last year as part of a disaster response bill to use for building Trump’s wall in the event he declares an emergency. That bill provided funding for various Army Corps of Engineers projects that has been allocated but not spent. “I can tell you that’s definitely an option that has been presented to the president. Nothing has been finalized yet though,” said an administration official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Another administration official confirmed that option is under consideration, but said other plans are also being discussed. The development was fi... Link to the full article to read more