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:{{u|Smallbones}} I really hope he doesn't. However, the fact he's making federal workers work without pay is not a good indication **sigh**-- [[User:5 albert square|5 albert square]] ([[User talk:5 albert square|talk]]) 17:17, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

* Fact is, there has been one since Jan 20 2017. Hashtag ITMF. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 18:24, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

::I think it is pretty clear that what Trump will announce will be that he intends to exercise the powers of [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/2808 10 U.S. Code § 2808] to begin construction of the wall that Congress is denying him funding for. This is probably not particularly alarming in the short run although, as Smallbones predicts, there will be a lot of noise about it. My concern personally is that this is a trial balloon for the exercise of much more alarming powers that the President may (or may not) theoretically have.

::My view is that Congress has been lazy for a very long time in terms of giving increasing arbitrary authority to the Executive branch for all kinds of things. This has largely been kind of ok, mostly because whatever your views of various Presidents, none of them were actual lunatics. Depending on your view of our current President, you may find it alarming that he has these powers.

::I'd like to add that I don't mind a little bit of personal chit-chat here about politics, I'd like to always seek to tie it back to Wikipedia. We have chosen a very tough job: NPOV. Dislike for the President, fear about things that are happening in the world, may make it emotionally harder to remain neutral, but remain neutral we must. I happen to personally think that given the decline in quality of the media across the board (there are still fantastic journalists out there, but overall the landscape isn't great) the best way for us to help the world heal is neutrality.--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] ([[User talk:Jimbo Wales#top|talk]]) 21:12, 8 January 2019 (UTC)