Oh just shut the fuck up...

Trump claims Mexico 'unable, or unwilling' to halt caravan

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Mexican forces “were unable, or unwilling” to prevent migrant caravans from entering their country, shortly after his press secretary said Mexico has been cooperative in impeding the progress of the asylum-seeking migrants.

The White House has continued to lean on messaging in the closing days before the midterm elections that stokes fears about illegal immigration, in an effort to drive their base to the polls. On Monday, the president suggested that he may build “tent cities” to house asylum-seekers and on Tuesday he announced that he would end birthright citizenship by executive order, a plan with shaky legal standing. He has also threatened that migrant caravans are equivalent to an "invasion."

Trump on Wednesday again claimed — without offering evidence — that the migrant caravans making their way through the south of Mexico are “made up of some very bad thugs and gang members.”

In a series of tweets, he said that the migrants “fought back hard and viciously against Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through,” and that Mexican soldiers had been hurt.

“Should stop them before they reach our Border, but won’t!” Trump wrote, noting the deployment of U.S. troops his administration announced this week.

“We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN AROUND!”

The tweets came shortly after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on “Fox & Friends” that Mexico has “stepped up in an unprecedented way.”

When challenged on her assertion that Mexico was assisting in efforts to halt the migrants given that the caravan has continued its trek north, Sanders said Mexico was helping in “new ways” to slow it down but said that they could “still do more.”

“They helped stop a lot of transportation means in these individuals in the caravans, forcing them walking,” she said. “They have helped us in new ways to slow this down, to break this up and keep it from moving aggressively towards the United States.”

The Associated Press reported this week that Mexican Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete said Mexico was in communication with Central American governments about clashes at the border of Mexico and Guatemala and that he “rejects the displays of violence that occurred today at the border with Guatemala.”

When asked if Trump had acted on his threats to cut off aid to countries whose citizens are part of the caravan and don’t stop it, Sanders said the president is still “looking at all options at his disposal, to put not just influence on these countries but also to break up these caravans and stop these people from illegally entering our country.”