Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump determined that these circumstances…”

“Overall morale among TSA staff plummeted as well. All of this creating an unacceptable heightened security risk. Because of the Democrats unwillingness to do their basic job of funding dhs. President Trump determined that these circumstances constituted an emergency compromising American security. That's why last week he accordingly signed a Presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget here at …” (04:17–04:24)

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