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George II

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Tue Oct 1, 2019, 06:41 PM Oct 2019

Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War [View all]

Source: NY Times

By Michael D. Shear and Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Oct. 1, 2019


WASHINGTON -- The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants. But this time he had a solution. As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut down the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico -- by noon the next day.

The advisers feared the president's edict would trap American tourists in Mexico, strand children at schools on both sides of the border and create an economic meltdown in two countries. Yet they also knew how much the president's zeal to stop immigration had sent him lurching for solutions, one more extreme than the next.

Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks, the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal. But later in a meeting, aides recalled, he suggested that they shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down. That's not allowed either, they told him.

"The president was frustrated and I think he took that moment to hit the reset button," said Thomas D. Homan, who had served as Mr. Trump's acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, recalling that week in March. "The president wanted it to be fixed quickly."



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage



Sick, just atrociously sick.
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He suggests things that are not only totally illegal, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #1
Fucking monster. nt chowder66 Oct 2019 #2
Exactly. "Trump is a monster." This should be the theme of every Dem campaign. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #56
trump shouldn't worry The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #3
unless he is convicted upon impeachment, yes gopiscrap Oct 2019 #34
I fixed my question The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #47
They'd have to put him in solitary, but with the protection muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #51
I've long wondered how it happened that The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #4
It's the dehumanization that is common Hav Oct 2019 #16
You also need the propaganda from the media. Dustlawyer Oct 2019 #27
Hitler had that, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #28
It's funny you mentioned this The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #48
It's quite easy and this ploy is as old as civilization itself... Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #58
He is a clown, but the people who cheer for him are scary... Moostache Oct 2019 #5
I would venture to say... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #6
Ditto, every word! BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #12
Thanks. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #13
Very good points. NT MrsCheaplaugh Oct 2019 #62
this is insane. but why wait for the book pr then tell it back then. fuck those money grubbers Lib 4 Life Oct 2019 #7
Shoot children in their legs and you don't need such expensive cages. Film at 11:00. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #8
What an evil bastard. Freedomofspeech Oct 2019 #9
Cost estimates for Alligator filled moats? Gothmog Oct 2019 #10
Alligator-filled moats through the desert along the Mexican border The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #17
A round the clock 'Berlin Airlift' crazytown Oct 2019 #23
Remember the phrase 'compassionate conservative'? left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #11
Vlad... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #14
Don't give him any more ideas. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #18
Vlad the Impaler, (a source for the Dracula myth) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #21
... The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #24
An ancient practice going back through the Roman empire defacto7 Oct 2019 #36
And of course Trump thinks W is a loser. oldsoftie Oct 2019 #25
Trump is a soulless man. riversedge Oct 2019 #15
My father was in favor Mendocino Oct 2019 #19
I wonder if any of Hitler's DNA still exists on this Earth? Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #20
Don't forget, trump's grandfather was Bavarian, not far from Austria. George II Oct 2019 #22
Trump said his daddy was born in Germany - a lie keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #38
At the time his grandfather was born there was no such thing as Germany. He was born in 1869.... George II Oct 2019 #40
For some reason I thought they lied and said they were Swiss to avoid the stigma at the time mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #49
Sweden - during and after WW2 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #53
HE'S GAWD DAMN INSANE....... a kennedy Oct 2019 #26
Totally fucking batshit insane. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2019 #29
Good lord... DesertRat Oct 2019 #30
The man is BATSHIT crazy. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #31
psychopath. no empathy. nt Javaman Oct 2019 #32
Sick Sadistic Fuck Pachamama Oct 2019 #33
what a heartless soul less mother fucker gopiscrap Oct 2019 #35
Shouldn't he get back to nuking hurricanes? Generic Brad Oct 2019 #37
Trump won't be satisfied until he sees blood Baked Potato Oct 2019 #39
Reminds me of what he said about Megan Kelly!! George II Oct 2019 #42
Just so foul Baked Potato Oct 2019 #43
Impeach this psychopath RIGHT FUCKING NOW Blue Owl Oct 2019 #41
If the Anti-Christ is opposite of Jesus, then he's in the White House rickyhall Oct 2019 #44
I wish I could say I'm surprised. smdh. n/t area51 Oct 2019 #45
Your tax dollars at work "fiscal conservatives" meadowlander Oct 2019 #46
2000 miles of alligators and snakes. Kablooie Oct 2019 #50
Trump's research document TomVilmer Oct 2019 #52
Do you think this was leaked by Bolton? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #54
It would not surprise me if Bolton and some of his friends in the State Dept. are leaking things. George II Oct 2019 #60
Distraction. Look at my crazy comments, not my illegal actions. Chemisse Oct 2019 #55
This is why I roll my eyes at anyone who still says we don't have a race problem Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #57
And of course the usual suspects on the right Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #59
Obama warned us Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #61
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