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November 5, 2018

Trump Praises "Beautiful" Razor Wire as Soldiers Deploy to Border
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As candidates made their closing arguments, President Trump continued to
rail against a caravan of Central American migrants crossing Mexico in
order to seek political asylum in the U.S. On Friday, the first of
thousands of active-duty U.S. soldiers arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border
in Texas, where they installed coils of razor wire on a riverbank and
bridge. This is Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Montana on
Saturday.

President Donald Trump: "We have our military now on the border. And I
noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. It was a-barb
wire, used properly, can be a beautiful sight."

CNN reports Pentagon leaders rebuffed an order by Trump to have the
military act as law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. Such a move
would violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars soldiers from taking
on a domestic police role.


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