Isn't a national emergency by definition something that needs to be done? Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe immediately tweeted, "Trump just said 'I didn't need to do this.' Joyce Alene, a University of Alabama law professor and MSNBC contributor, tweeted, "Trump, questioned by @PeterAlexander, concedes there's no national emergency to justify building his wall. 'I didn't need to do this.' What kind of major national emergency actions don't really need to be done?

Source: Forbes February 15, 2019 18:19 UTC