He’s getting a D- on immigration
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The moment he backed off closing the border with Mexico it became apparent that he was blowing a lot of smoke. He should have at least closed the border for a short period of time to demonstrate his commitment to fixing the immigration problem and holding Mexico responsible.
Failing to do that allowed Mexico to conclude that we weren’t serious and they gamed us by doing the minimum. They’re not stupid like we are.
Trump never intended to close the border IMO. It was all bluster which accomplished little except a few token efforts by the Mexicans. They are the ones winning.
The first problem was he yelled immigration all during the campaign and worked everyone into a fever for the wall.
The day after the election, he should have asked Ryan and Turtle if they would provide funding for the wall. On Jan 21, 2017, if there was no funding, he should have proclaimed the emergency declaration then. BTW he had both houses in the republican party then.
He can’t just close the crossings. Hundreds of open miles leaks like a sieve. He has to put another 25,000 troops there with orders to use less than lethal force to stop them from stepping on US soil. Tell Mexico that may require stepping into Mexico and then back ASAP.