Trump Declared an Emergency Based on Data That Doesnt Exist

Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 7:23 a.m.

Toward the end of a White House press conference Friday morning, during which President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to secure up to $8 billion in funding for a border wall, White House reporter Brian Karem stood to ask the president a single question: \u201cWhat do you base your facts on?\u201d It was the most clarifying question in an hour-long display that at times felt as hard to grasp as a slinky.