Trump Now Says He'll Send 15,000 Troops to Border

[RandySF]

President Trump said that “he is considering a significant increase to the number of military personnel along the border, two days after he unveiled plans to send 5,200 troops there,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Trump: “We’ll go up to anywhere between 10 and 15,000 military personnel on top of Border Patrol, ICE and everybody else at the border. Nobody’s coming in. We’re not allowing people to come in.”


https://politicalwire.com/2018/10/31/trump-now-says-hell-send-15000-troops-to-border/

[CincyDem]

1. Sooo....what's that? a 3:1 ratio of military to "invaders". He's such an asshat. n/t

[Chipper Chat]

2. Mexico should just close its borders.

They should view the moving of troops as a prelude to war.

[Luz]

26. This. I think that's his plan, to invade Mexico.

[Jersey Devil]

3. They need more troops to spray for smallpox and leprosy

So dangerous! Be afraid!

[LuckyCharms]

5. And rabies. Fox News said they had rabies.

No kidding.

[Jersey Devil]

7. lol, hadn't heard about rabies (nt)

x

[LuckyCharms]

9. It's true. I don't know the specific person on Fox who said it...

but it's sadly true. I'll try to find a link...

[LuckyCharms]

13. Apparently a Fox guest mentioned smallpox, leprosy and TB...

and apparently the CDC mentioned the slight possibility of rabies?

I don't know... oh well.

[backtoblue]

21. I saw that...

Rabies!!!!!??? FFS Faux is trying to scare the living shit out of already Looney people.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Give it up, asshat!

Go back to Trump Tower and throw yourself off of it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. +1000000!

[duforsure]

6. Another act of desperation

Because he knows its all falling apart for him and the gop very, very soon. Before long he'll be trying to get the military to be used against us all. He''ll threaten everyone because he can. and like everything else he's done he'll try to intimidate us with his powers of his position. Or start intentionally a war for distraction. Maybe in Mexico. Maybe that's his plan now to create more chaos with .

[jalan48]

8. Drum up the fear right before election day.

[rollin74]

10. On Monday (day before the election) he'll probably announce he's increasing it to 100,000 troops

plus land mines and every tank in the US arsenal


gotta drum up as many votes as possible from his paranoid and ignorant base

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. Ha!

[world wide wally]

11. Can you spare a few for Florida maybe?

[littlemissmartypants]

17. There's the true irony. Having just come through

Two back to back hurricanes, I understand.

[rurallib]

12. Will he get a little tin pot hat and a trumpet to lead the charge?

And then he can give himself a chestful of medals and a title like "Generalissimo"

Is this to take place of the parade that got cancelled - he's been in such a funk since then.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Gawd, I hope so. Anything but the red tie, please.

[Scurrilous]

14. I'm sure the military loves being used as a campaign stunt.

[Yavin4]

15. I cannot fathom the Trump voter that this shit works on

How do you live life in constant fear?

[TrunKated]

19. I think that's how their brains are wired...

Not that I can understand it either.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Let's build a trench. Even better than a wall...

Let's see, 2000 miles of trench at 10,000 troops/mile is only 20 million soldiers.

We can do it!

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Nice idea. I wonder how many tunnels that would stir up?

I think we'd be surprised. It would, however, give the troops something to actually do.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. Next, Drumpf will be calling for a DMZ....

manned by hundreds of private defense contractors to aid his grift and graft......

[littlemissmartypants]

22. By Friday it'll be triple that and the Coast Guard will be called.

I do so wish tiny would just give us a break and fall on his sword already.

[calguy]

24. By the week end it'll be 25,000 troops

Maybe 50,000 by election day.

[VOX]

25. Dress up Trump in Gen. Custer's outfit and let him lead the troops to glory.

But first, strap him onto his mount backwards, so he’ll have another horse’s ass to commiserate with.

[underpants]

27. 20,000 do I hear 20,000?

Bolton: 20,000!
25,000 do I hear 25?
Trump: 25!
30?
Trump: 30!

[Hassler]

28. He lies about everything, probably this too

[egold2604]

31. He is preparing to invade Mexico

After all, his hero Hitler invaded Poland. Why not shitler invading Mexico. All our jobs are there