And now trump pulls this:

"If we don't get what we want ... I will shut down the government,” Trump said in the Oval Office before a room full of reporters and TV cameras. “I am proud to shut down the government for border security... I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I won't blame you for it."

He has no idea what a clown he is, does he?

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/11/18 at 20:55:41:
What's that supposed to mean?

MnSpring wrote on 12/12/18 at 14:01:35:
What's that supposed to mean?

OH, so you don't lock the door to your house in Chicago ?
And you just let, anyone, that is Anyone, in.
ANYONE.
For ANY  Reason.
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I live in a decent neighborhood.  There have been several times where I've forgotten to lock my doors at night.

I don't live in a constant state of fear - like you seem to do.

As far as who I let in my house.  I'm a great judge of character.  I feel comfortable who I do and who I don't let in my house.

MnSpring wrote on 12/12/18 at 15:13:42:


And you're a liar.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/12/18 at 16:33:18:


Hey jog, tell that to ivana and melania trump, huh?

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/12/18 at 20:51:57:


I don't care how you treat me.  I just find it funny that you can't handle the truth.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/13/18 at 17:51:06:


Prove what?  That ivanna and melania had anchor babies?

That's simple.

Ivana Trump moved to New York from her native Czechoslovakia around 1976 and married Trump in April of 1977. Their eldest child, a son named Donald Jr., was born in December 1977. It’s likely the Trumps settled any lingering immigration matters during the time between their marriage and Trump Jr.’s birth in late 1977. More to the point: even if Ivana Trump had not yet been granted permanent residency in the U.S., their son would be entitled to citizenship under Trump’s plan because he was born in the United States to an American citizen father.

Slovenia-born Melania Knauss Trump moved to New York City (prior to any relationship with Trump) in 1996. While her citizenship status from that point in time forward was not publicly disclosed, she maintained a career as a model and did not marry Trump until January 2005. Their son Barron was born in March 2006, more than a year after the Knauss-Trump wedding (and again, within the United States to an American citizen father).

It’s true that Trump’s proposition has been widely decried as incongruent with the 14th Amendment’s granting birthright citizenship to all individuals born inside the United States. It’s also true that Trump’s proposal could easily be construed as hypocritical to a degree, given that four of his five children were born to mothers who immigrated to the United States. However, since Trump was married to all of his children’s mothers at the time of the children’s births, his wives would consequently be afforded stronger chances to attain permanent residency via spousal petition. (Both women were already of above-average means and later married a business mogul, further bolstering their ability to navigate a path to legal status.)

But even if Trump wasn’t married to the mothers of his children at the time of their births (he was), and their immigration statuses appeared to be in dispute (of which we could find no indication), all four of the five Trump children born to immigrant mothers were born inside the United States to an American citizen father. As such, even Trump’s strict proposal against birthright citizenship would be unlikely to affect the statuses of his own children had they been born under it.




an·chor ba·by
nounOFFENSIVE

used to refer to a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country which has birthright citizenship, especially when viewed as providing an advantage to family members seeking to secure citizenship or legal residency.

"Do you know someone, that can explain what the words: "even if", mean ?"

 It means that if Ivana Trump had not received citizenship that their son would be considered a US citizen anyway.  This same definition applies for 4 out of his 5 children.

 That isn't what happened.  So in context the "if" defines an alternate action of his wives not gaining US citizenship.  The "even" structurally makes the sentence grammatically correct because of the way the sentence is used.

 The "even if" in this case is a method of creating a grammatically correct sentence.