DACA Before the Wall: Non-News

So the big news today is Trump's tweet from this morning, which is an apparent slap in the face to his base and will, of course, cause him to lose the election in 2020. 

Media sources of all types are completely losing their minds over this tweet, especially the right leaning pages and people like Ann Coulter. Here is the complete tweet storm:

I have a question. Are you actually surprised by this? Are you surprised he wants a legal alternative to DACA? Are you surprised it is going to come before the wall? If you are, you haven't been paying attention.

I'm not trying to be condescending, and I'm certainly not 100% anti-Trump (I've always been sort of hanging off the side of the Trump train, I never got in and took a seat, let's face it). But when I first saw the tweet everyone is freaking out over, I sort of shrugged and moved on until I realized everyone was freaking out. I can't possibly be the only person who saw this coming, can I? 

Folks, the whole reason he did away with DACA was because it was an unconstitutional executive order. He made it perfectly clear he wasn't going to deport "DREAMers," and he made it perfectly clear that he was giving Congress 6 months to come up with a legal version of DACA. This really isn't news. 

The MSM turned this into a storm of epic proportions and had people believing they needed to pack their stuff because they were going to be deported almost immediately. Nothing in the take down of DACA made it confusing or was worded to lead anyone to actually believe this was going to happen, and Trump made the comments clearly that they did not have plans to deport DREAMers. Because of the media, everyone thought this was something it wasn't. The left was screaming from the rooftops that Trump was deporting anyone with a foreign accent, and the right was screaming for the DREAMers to start packing. Neither was true. Not even remotely. 

And it didn't take much research to find that out. I wanted screen captures of those tweets for this article, and I found all of them in under a minute. 

Now, everyone lost their minds when Trump sat down with the loonies, but let's face it. It was tactically sound. The democrats have been doing nothing but screaming about impeachment since November. This was a great way of telling them it might be time to sit down and get some actual work done. Aside from that... of course he's going to make some deals with the democrats. Reagan did it, too. You don't have much of a choice. It doesn't mean he should completely sell out to them and give them everything they want. If he does, I'll be right there next to Ann Coulter cursing his name. But to think he isn't going to meet with them, and to think he isn't going to reach across the isle from time to time and throw them a bone here and there is just delusional. 

Look, I know a lot of folks want the wall before anything else. I understand. I want the wall, too. The wall is a great start, and I believe it is necessary. But it is imperative to get rid of anything that isn't constitutional. DACA also has a sunset, so whether Trump tossed it out or not, it was going away. It isn't blanket amnesty, which I have a serious issue with. Amnesty, for me, is a deal breaker. But with DACA being both unconstitutional and having a sunset, it makes sense to address it now. The wall... I have to admit, I don't have much faith in the wall happening. I hope it does. But I don't see Congress helping out there. There are a lot of hurdles to jump before the wall goes up, and even if it does go up, it is going to take longer than Trump is in office - even if he wins a second term - to complete. I don't take issue with addressing DACA before the wall is built (although they say they are funding it; let's see how long before construction starts). Address it. Get it fixed, get it legal, or do away with it completely, but addressing it was mandatory. 

Bottom line, this tweet was non-news. We knew this was happening weeks ago. Calm down and think it through. He never planned to deport DREAMers, and didn't hide that fact. And getting the wall built is not an over night project. He is treading a fine line, though. If he starts going liberal or establishment, I'm out, and I suspect a lot of folks will be as well.