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Trump Hints He’ll Discuss Border ‘Emergency’ at State of the Union

President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 1.

President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 1.

Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday there’s a “good chance” he’ll declare a national emergency on the U.S. southern border but told them to wait until his State of the Union address on Feb. 5.

“We haven’t declared a national emergency yet,” he said at the White House. “I don’t want to say,” he added, before advising reporters to wait until the speech. Later, he said there was a “good chance” he would declare an emergency at some point.