Here’s what President Trump stated during his Super Bowl interview: “This [Mexican illegal crossings] is really an invasion of our country by human traffickers.” An invasion? If it’s an invasion, why did Trump wait until his third year in office to do something about it? That’s not just incompetence, it’s dereliction of duty and malfeasance. It’s neither an invasion nor an emergency: illegal border crossings are down from an average of 1.3 million in 2000 to 360,000 in 2018. And there are much better solutions than a multi-billion dollar wall. Read on.

“You need a wall. And anybody who says they don’t, they’re just playing games.” Security experts and the intelligence community repeatedly claim fiber-optic technology—which has already been tested successfully at the U.S.-Mexican border—is the answer. It can be installed almost immediately and would cost approximately 1/10th the amount of a physical barrier.

“When I took over Syria, it was infested with ISIS. Now you have very little ISIS.” His own cadre of security experts disagree vehemently. On January 29, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, stated, “ISIS is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria.”

“We have very fast airplanes.” This is the president of the United States explaining how we would react if/when there is a resurgence of ISIS in Syria. That’s his strategy for Syria.

“So when my intelligence people tell me how wonderful Iran is… I’m going to go by my own counsel.” His intelligence people didn’t say that, or even imply it. His “own counsel” is clearly not to be trusted, based on the fact that six of his closest hand-picked advisers have been indicted.

Trump: dangerous for America, dangerous for the world.

Will Voelkel

Milford, PA