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From the CBC
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would deploy the U.S. military and close the southern border if Mexico did not move to halt large groups of migrants headed for the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
"I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught — and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Trump threatened to withhold regional aid as a caravan with several thousand Honduran migrants journeyed this week through Guatemala to Mexico in hopes of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and escaping endemic violence and poverty in Central America.
COMMENT:-
Since those troops will "... not perform law enforcement duties or have contact with migrants at the border.", exactly what will they be doing?
Please note that I'm not in the least questioning Mr. Trump's right to "deploy American troops to bolster America's national security", I'm just asking "WTF difference does he think that this is going to make unless the ROE get changed to allow the troops to shoot on sight?".
PS - Mr. Trump is also making noises about abrogating the terms of NAFTA 2.0 even before it has been formally adopted - or even afterwards if the Mexicans don't do - in Mexico (regardless of what the laws of Mexico are) - what they are told to do by the President of the United States of America. This, of course, is going to bolster the degree of confidence that the Mexican government has that the US government will actually abide by NAFTA 2.0.
Trump threatens to send military to southern border with Mexico
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would deploy the U.S. military and close the southern border if Mexico did not move to halt large groups of migrants headed for the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
"I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught — and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Trump threatened to withhold regional aid as a caravan with several thousand Honduran migrants journeyed this week through Guatemala to Mexico in hopes of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and escaping endemic violence and poverty in Central America.
COMMENT:-
Since those troops will "... not perform law enforcement duties or have contact with migrants at the border.", exactly what will they be doing?
Please note that I'm not in the least questioning Mr. Trump's right to "deploy American troops to bolster America's national security", I'm just asking "WTF difference does he think that this is going to make unless the ROE get changed to allow the troops to shoot on sight?".
PS - Mr. Trump is also making noises about abrogating the terms of NAFTA 2.0 even before it has been formally adopted - or even afterwards if the Mexicans don't do - in Mexico (regardless of what the laws of Mexico are) - what they are told to do by the President of the United States of America. This, of course, is going to bolster the degree of confidence that the Mexican government has that the US government will actually abide by NAFTA 2.0.