Donald Trump not only caved on a legislative approach to getting his Big, Beautiful Wall built, he also apparently didn't spot some built-in wall breaches in the funding bill he grudgingly signed.
' But the fine print shows secondary capitulations: In addition to allocating only $1.37 billion for the wall, the bill includes limitations on where it can be built. […] The five areas the federal government isn’t allowed to build are: the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, the La Lomita Historical Park, the National Butterfly Center, and within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. All of these locations have been named in border wall–related lawsuits.'
Note that while the headline of the article claims these restrictions as a victory for Democrats, the sponsor of the amendment to include them says that Republicans signed onto these exemptions as well.
'Cuellar thinks part of the reason he was able to secure the protections was that the committee negotiating the spending bill allowed an open line of communication between Democrats and Republicans in Congress as well as with the administration. He said he even thanked Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for listening to his concerns when he brought it up at a rare bipartisan Camp David meeting that Mulvaney held a few weekends ago with members of Congress.
“I said, 'Look, we're just trying to make people understand that in my area you just can't run over private property rights and some of those sensitive areas like the National Butterfly Center and other areas,’” Cuellar said. According to Cuellar, Mulvaney was a partner in working out language on the protections.'
Democrats secured a quiet border wall victory in the spending bill – VICE News
The spending bill’s fine print shows the president agreed to protect certain areas in Texas.
Trump supporters or just Party members may see it as capitulation on amount of money, but the fact is that Trump lied how the Wall was going to paid for Mexico, Taxpayers, Indirect deposit, Go fund me, it was all a lie. Trump has slowly dismantled regulations for clean air, clean water, banking, trade, members of administration convicted of crimes, office under investigation, and still Trump uses the office for personal financial interests how much more will people allow corruption run unchecked. Get informed with facts not talking points from propaganda outlets. The great evil is to be ignorant.