Big things
Now he wants to get the military involved in his war on immigrants.
President Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to order the military to guard parts of the southern border until he can build a wall and tighten immigration restrictions, proposing a remarkable escalation of his efforts to crack down on migrants entering the country illegally.
Mr. Trump, who has been stewing publicly for days about what he characterizes as lax immigration laws and the potential for an influx of Central American migrants to stream into the United States, said he had been discussing with Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense, about resorting to military deployments.
“We have very bad laws for our border, and we are going to be doing some things — I’ve been speaking with General Mattis — we’re going to be doing things militarily,” Mr. Trump said at the White House, seated beside the defense secretary at a meeting with visiting leaders of Baltic nations. “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military. That’s a big step. We really haven’t done that before, or certainly not very much before.”
We’re going to do some things. Big things. Big things we will do. That’s a big step for a big boy. We haven’t done that before. I know that because I just said it. Now let’s all go and militarily.
Something that is going to bring more refugees into the US from points south is climate change, as points south become hotter and drier (or hitter and wetter depending on local details) people will move elsewhere. North is closest. He might want to think his car mileage policy, but he won’t.
There is a word in there that is a problem. Trump and think? Nah, not gonna happen.
Sure, people will keep coming north but it’s no big if you can just have your uncommitted soldiers use them for target practice…
Posse Comitatus?
Can the US Army operate on American soil to enforce domestic law?
Ben, is that a relevant question with Trump in power? He has no worry about what the law says, because he believes that he is above the law, and can do what he wants. So whether it is legal or not will fade into the mists of fog that surround his every action…the fog of deceit, corruption, and just plain lawlessness.
He’ll probably put Joe Arpaio in charge.