{"id":46891,"date":"2019-02-14T22:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/14\/what-base-projects-lose-out-if-trump-uses-military-money-to-build-his-wall\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:23:27","slug":"what-base-projects-lose-out-if-trump-uses-military-money-to-build-his-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/02\/14\/what-base-projects-lose-out-if-trump-uses-military-money-to-build-his-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Which construction projects would be affected if Trump uses military money to build a wall?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump signaled on Thursday he will declare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/07\/trump-reasserts-he-can-use-military-funds-to-build-the-southern-border-wall\/\" target=_blank>a national immigration emergency<\/a> in coming days to get around congressional opposition to his controversial border wall project, possibly shifting billions in military funds to pay for the construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement from the White House came as Trump announced he will sign a budget deal designed to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/23\/latest-government-shutdown-threat-doesnt-pack-as-much-fear-for-troops-and-veterans\/\" target=_blank>another government shutdown<\/a> this weekend, even though the deal falls more than $4 billion short of the funding he requested for the wall project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action \u2014 including a national emergency \u2014 to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border,\u201d White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe president is once again delivering on his promise to build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/25\/trump-drops-wall-funding-demand-reaches-deal-to-end-the-government-shutdown\/?utm_source=clavis\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Trump drops wall funding demand, reaches deal to end the government shutdown<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials said they will announce more details on the emergency declaration in coming days. Senate lawmakers passed the new budget bill on Thursday afternoon, and House lawmakers were expected to follow suit Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers have implored Trump in recent days to sign the deal to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2019\/02\/13\/feds-hold-silent-protest-to-remind-congress-of-shutdown-costs\/\" target=_blank>another shutdown<\/a>, but also panned the idea of using military funds for the wall. On Tuesday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said he supports the border security effort, but \u201cI don\u2019t want anything to degrade military construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional aides said it\u2019s unclear what military funds Trump would tap to pay for the wall, but the emergency declaration gives him a wide range of executive powers to shift around the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About $21 billion in unobligated military construction funds from the last five years would be available. The money is connected to a host of planned housing, medical and logistics projects \u2014 both in the United States and overseas \u2014 but has not yet been spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The end result could mean multi-year delays for a host of construction projects military officials have deemed critical to force readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the potential targets: a new vehicle maintenance shop at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, drydock repairs at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, F-35 hangar improvements at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, ongoing hospital construction at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and new family housing builds in South Korea, Italy and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional officials said White House officials have given them no indication which projects may have their funding taken. Service officials would have to lobby for new money from lawmakers in the next budget cycle to recover those losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats promised a legal challenge if Trump takes that step.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/01\/25\/51-democrats-want-to-block-to-trump-from-using-military-to-build-border-wall\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4902491.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">51 Democrats want to block Trump from using military to build border wall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Amid reports President Trump is drafting a national emergency to divert Pentagon funds for his border wall, some Democrats are working to turn this path into a dead end.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeclaring a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President Trump broke his core promise to have Mexico pay for his wall,\u201d Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/02\/12\/nancy-pelosi-named-in-big-us-delegation-to-munich-forum-but-shutdown-looms\/\" target=_blank>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a>, D-Calif., said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is yet another demonstration of President Trump\u2019s naked contempt for the rule of law. This is not an emergency, and the president\u2019s fearmongering doesn\u2019t make it one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside experts also questioned the move. Mackenzie Eaglen, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said making the declaration \u201cwill forever destroy precedent for what constitutes an &#8217;emergency&#8217; under executive authority.\u201d She predicted an immediate and lengthy court challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump could take the funds from other accounts, including the Army Corps of Engineers and special counter narcotics programs. But the military construction accounts represent the likely largest and easiest ones to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFunds taken from (those) projects will halt all work on whatever else was supposed to be done, likely degrading military readiness,\u201d Eaglen said. \u201cNot to mention, the funds will have to be replaced at some point anyway, thereby adding to the cost of the \u2018emergency.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders said White House officials see no basis for a legal challenge because \u201cthe president is doing his job, Congress should do theirs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/14\/this-congressman-in-the-air-national-guard-just-got-deployed-to-the-border\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-Kinzinger.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This congressman in the Air National Guard just got deployed to the border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a five-term Republican congressman who serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, announced Wednesday that he will serve the in the ongoing border support mission for the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sides have been caught in a stalemate since last fall over funding for the southern border wall project. Democrats have repeatedly accused Trump of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/democrats-want-to-know-why-active-duty-troops-are-still-on-the-southern-us-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">militarizing the immigration debate<\/a> by deploying more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/10\/26\/democrats-blast-trump-for-militarizing-the-immigration-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\">5,000 active-duty troops to southern border states<\/a> last fall \u2014 in addition to several thousand National Guard members \u2014 to support Department of Homeland Security operations there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the White House and military have defended the action as critical to national security, saying that migrant caravans in South and Central America pose a serious danger to U.S. sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Things that are a national emergency:<br>&#8211; Opioid epidemic<br>&#8211; Russian interference in our elections  <br>&#8211; Climate change    <br>&#8211; Gun violence <br><br>Things that are not a national emergency:<br>-Building a wall on the southern border.<\/p>&mdash; G. 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