"What we are not looking to do right now is 'national emergency.' In many ways it's the easy way out," he told reporters at a roundtable with law enforcement at the White House.

The president repeated that he had a right to declare a national emergency at the Southern border.

"The easiest solution is for me to call is a national emergency, I could do it very quickly," he said. "But I'm not going to do so fast because this is something Congress should do we are waiting for the Democrats to vote."
Trump made his comments as many Congressional Democrats left town for the weekend.

Sen. Lindsey Graham publicly called upon the president to declare a State of Emergency on Thursday, echoing many of Trump's supporters.