Ever since he announced his presidency, Trump has been firm about two things: (1) “We’re going to build a wall” keeping Mexicans out of the U.S. (and Mexico will pay for the wall) and (2)  “We’re going to deport all illegals so fast…..”

In fact, Trump’s stance on immigration may be the only consistent part of his campaign.

Except maybe not.  Something happened, and Trump’s planned speech on Thursday regarding immigration got postponed.

Apparently, the Trump campaign has realized that deporting 3% of people living in America by a “deportation force” (as Trump called it) would make the transportation of Jews in Hitler’s Germany look like a family vacation.  How do you move 11 million people, tearing families in half?  Well, you can’t, and Trump realizes that now (all of a sudden).

So what do we get? On O’Reilly last night Donald Trump essentially said he’d continue President Obama’s deportation policy, which supporters and immigration critics both agree does not slack on deportations one bit. Only Trump says he’d pursue Obama’s policy “perhaps with a lot more energy.”

Trump: “We’re going to obey the existing laws. Now, the existing laws are very strong … What people don’t know is that Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country, Bush the same thing. Lots of people were brought out of the country with the existing laws. Well, I’m gonna do the same thing.”

Except, of course, people DID know that Obama had deported lots of people.  Donald didn’t.

Newly-minted Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway tried to put the best face on it by explaining that crafting good policy takes time. “Immigration is a very complex issue and to get the solutions right, to come out with your specific plan, should not be rushed. He is taking in the wisdom of many different counselors on this issue.”

When Fox’s Megyn Kelly pressed Conway on whether Trump still plans to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, she said the policy is still “basically the same. First, secure the borders and actually apply and enforce the law. Secondly, you have to deport those who have committed crimes.”

Alas, this is as Trump himself was explaining, basically Obama policy: enforce the current laws and give priority to deporting those who have committed crimes and present a danger to the community.

This is unquestionably why the Thursday immigration policy speech was canceled. The campaign can’t figure what it’s policy is.  He promised to deport all the illegal aliens in one year; now he has to walk all that back and basically embrace the Obama policy.  But that degree of flip-flop is too abrasive and dramatic.  There is no way to do that gracefully, and hence, the campaign is in a bit of a fix.

UPDATE: In response to suggestions that he is toning down is deportation views, Trump disagreed and said: “They are going to be out of this country so fast your head will spin.”

Well, my head is spinning – he’s right about that.