gokker schreef op 2 oktober 2019 09:55:
Gedetailleerde achtergronden grensbewaking Mexico, zoals Trump het wil(de)
New York Times, Oct. 2, 2019, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition
Headline: Angry Demand to Shut Border
www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politic...- 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.
“You are making me look like an idiot!” Mr. Trump shouted, adding in a profanity, as multiple officials in the room described it. “I ran on this. It’s my issue.”