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Zero Hedge<\/strong><\/a>
November 23, 3018<\/p>\n

Yesterday we reported <\/a>that president Trump had authorized troops stationed at the border to act in a law enforcement capacity to \u201cperform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary\u201d to protect border agents, including \u201ca show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t all: speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the president said on Thursday that he also signed an order to close the U.S. border with Mexico, adding that he\u2019s authorized troops to use lethal force against migrants who attempt to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they have to,\u201d Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, claiming that at least 500 criminals are among migrants trying to enter the U.S. \u201cSo I\u2019m not going to let the military be taken advantage of. I have no choice. Do I want that to happen? Absolutely not. But you\u2019re dealing with rough people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also said that he would welcome a partial shutdown of the government over \u201cborder security.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Bloomberg, Trump signed the order two days ago and that \u201cI\u2019ve already shutdown parts of the border\u201d warning that the entire border may be closed if conflict with migrants escalates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we find that its uncontrollable,\u201d he said, \u201cif we find that it gets to a level where we are going to lose control or people are going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole border,\u201d he clarified. \u201cI mean the whole border. And Mexico will not be able to sell their cars into the United States where they make so many cars at great benefit to them, not at great benefit to us.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n