You saying that doesn’t make it so. You have a real blind spot here. On the one hand you fully acknowledge that we are in a fight for our lives against evil. On the other, you think Trump could just go “I decree A WALL” and said evil will simply sit back and let him build it. You seem to to think evil is just going to sit back and give up without a fight while Trump fulfills all his promises. The Swamp will simply allow itself to be drained.
If tanks were rolling across our southern border, would the president be required to first ask Congress for funding before he commanded appropriate military action to repel the invasion? Would he be required to patiently wait for a court decision before he instructed the military to take needed counter measures?? The key to this issue is to answer those questions.
There is an invasion going on. The Commander In Chief is authorized by the Constitution to use the military to defend the nation from it, without the need for first arranging funding from Congress, and without the need to patiently wait to see if the courts approve.
The executive is a coequal branch, but regarding the issue of defending the nation against invasion, his authority is premier. That's been understood since the founding.
