In an interview with Time, Donald Trump laid out some actions he would take when he takes office again, one of which he says could be using the military, if required, to enforce mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
Time writer Eric Cortellessa claims that Trump described “the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.”
Cortellessa continues, “To carry out a deportation operation designed to remove more than 11 million people from the country, Trump told me, he would be willing to build migrant detention camps and deploy the U.S. military, both at the border and inland.”
Later in the piece, the writer provides the direct transcript of what Trump said.
When asked if he would use the military inland and at the border, Trump replied “I don’t think I’d have to do that. I think the National Guard would be able to do that. If they weren’t able to, then I’d use the military.”
He added, “You know, we have a different situation. We have millions of people now that we didn’t have two years ago.”
Cortellessa then pointed out that the Posse Comitatus Act forbids use of the military against civilians.
Trump responded, “Well, these aren’t civilians. These are people that aren’t legally in our country.”
“This is an invasion of our country. An invasion like probably no country has ever seen before,” Trump further urged, adding “They’re coming in by the millions. I believe we have 15 million now. And I think you’ll have 20 million by the time this ends. And that’s bigger than almost every state.”
Cortellessa again tried to get Trump to say he would use the military for deportations, to which he replied “I can see myself using the National Guard and, if necessary, I’d have to go a step further.”
“We have to do whatever we have to do to stop the problem we have,” Trump asserted, adding “Again, we have a major force that’s forming in our country, when you see that over the last three weeks, 29,000 people came in from China, and they’re all fighting age, and they’re mostly males. Yeah, you have to do what you have to do to stop crime and to stop what’s taking place at the border.”
The full interview is here:
The piece also noted that Trump is considering pardons for January 6th defendants and encouraging states to enforce abortion laws more stringently.
Leftists immediately panicked after Joe Biden pointed to the interview as an example of Trump wanting to be a dictator.
Conservatives responded:
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