Everyone should be performing a gut check now. If Trump is about to declare a national emergency for the wall then is he willing to do Russia’s bidding and suspend the Constitution and shut down Congress?
Anyone thinking that even Trump is not that callous or stupid needs to review the acts he has committed already both before the 2016 election, and every action he has taken against the US Government, e.g., FBI, DoJ, DoD, Congress, and the entire Intel Community.
Declaring a national emergency about a wall is just a test of the GOP Senate. He knows how the Speaker of the House and the Democrats will react but he needs to knows how the GOP controlled Senate will react.
Article II. Section 3. is where Trump is focused on to save himself from US Law enforcement.
Section. 3.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
If Trump gets away with this National Emergency for the wall then he can shut down the Congress and be dictator for as long as he wants.
Trump is more dangerous and the GOP Senate enabling him and protecting him from justice and the laws of US Justice.
Trump only answers to Russia and Putin. Trump does not care about anything that Americans do. It is Russia and Putin’s orders that drive Trump’s positions.
What Trump wants to do is have the GOP controlled Senate have an adjournment different from that of the House and immediate Declare a National Emergency and use Article II Section 3 to dismiss Congress until such time as he alone declares the emergency is over.