PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump is threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines that its southern ally has lost "control" on its side.
Trump is citing the situation involving migrants camped in Tijuana, Mexico, after traveling in a caravan to reach the United States.
Trump calls it "a really bad situation" there and says that "if we find that it's incontrollable," then "we will close entry into the country for period of time until we can get it under control. The whole border."
The president also says he's given American troops at the border the "OK" to use lethal force against migrants "if they have to."
Trump tells reporters: "I hope they don't have to," but he says, "I have no choice" because "you're dealing with rough people."
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Donald Trump issues Thanksgiving threat to close US-Mexico border
Donald Trump issues Thanksgiving threat to close US-Mexico border
Pope Leo appeals for end to ‘spiral of violence’ after Iran strikes
- ‘Stability and peace are not built through mutual threats or through weapons … but only through reasonable, genuine, and responsible dialogue’
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo said on Sunday that he is following events after US-Israeli strikes against Iran with “deep concern” and made an impassioned appeal to stop what he called a “spiral of violence.”
“I address a heartfelt appeal to the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss,” said the pope.
“Stability and peace are not built through mutual threats or through weapons ... but only through reasonable, genuine, and responsible dialogue,” the pope said during his weekly address to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a Sunday prayer.
“I address a heartfelt appeal to the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss,” said the pope.
“Stability and peace are not built through mutual threats or through weapons ... but only through reasonable, genuine, and responsible dialogue,” the pope said during his weekly address to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a Sunday prayer.
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