Politics

Did Trump undercut his own argument to declare a national emergency?

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President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday to get funding for a border wall. But some wonder if he undercut his own argument by saying, “I didn’t need to do this.” NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports for TODAY.Feb. 16, 2019

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