WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised wall is built.
During a lunch with Baltic leaders Tuesday morning, Trump said he’s spoke with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis about the idea.
He called the move a big step.
“We’re going to be doing things militarily until we can have a wall and proper security,” he said.
Trump also said he warned Mexico to break up a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants travelling through the country and headed toward the United States border, threatening to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t comply.
Trump begrudgingly signed a spending bill last month that provided far less money for the wall than he wanted.
He’s been complaining that U.S. borders are too porous and its immigration laws are too weak.
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