Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Trump news on Youtube Jun 20 2018

hey everybody I am Tootie of Tootie's corner and welcome to my channel in today's

video I am sharing some Twitter news that I ran across let's get right into

it but oh wait before I get into the news let me tell y'all something on

Sunday June 17 2018 I was scrolling down my Twitter feed and I felt an

overwhelm sense of urgency to jump off Twitter to get off of Twitter and you know why

because there was so much negativity people were going at it there was a lot

of mudslinging it was lit Sunday night I mean like lit but I stayed long enough

to run across a tweet by Kathy Griffin and so today we're gonna be talking

about her tweet and you know how I do if I find some news I share it with you in the

written format so we're going to pull up this article that is talking about Kathy

Griffin and her tweet to Melania Trump and let's get into it the article is on

Fox news.com and I will put the link in the information box so you can check it

out for yourself the title of the article is Kathy Griffin unleashes

profanity-laced tirade at Melania Trump quote if you mother Melanie , this woman

right here is Kathy Griffin it says she slammed the first lady over her

statement on the immigration controversy so let's check out the article this

article is very short so you can follow along with me and we can get this done

fairly quickly okay liberal comedian Kathy Griffin who

famously posed with the fake severed head of President Trump took a vicious

new swing at the first lady over the immigration controversy on Sunday the

first lady had weighed in earlier in the day quote mrs. Trump hates to see

children step from their families and hopes both sides

of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform

she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country

that governs with heart end quote her office told Fox News

Griffin and this is Griffin right here y'all this is Kathy Griffin Griffin then

tweeted quote eff you Melanie you know D where your husband can end this

immediately you feckless complicit piece of s

end quote the first lady's office did not respond to Fox News's request to

comment alluding to a May tweet from Trump in

which he misspelled his wife's name as well as Samantha Bee's slam of Ivanka

Trump as a feckless c and that's in and quotations on her show in May Griffin

was referring to news of family members who have been separated by federal

authorities while illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the United

States the tweet is already receiving backlash online quote Kathy Griffin is

hate-filled and pathetic end quote one user tweeted saying that comic was one

reason quote why the left can't be taken seriously end quote

Griffin drew public backlash after she posed with a bloody mask of Trumps face

in May of 2017 after the gory photo went viral Griffin said sorry but later took

back her apology following the photos CNN cut Griffin from hosting his New

Year's Eve show alongside co-anchor Anderson Cooper who squashed their

friendship and that's it that's the end of the article you can go check it out

if you like and check out the pretty juicy comments below this article

but yeah this is the article that I came across and we are going to discuss some

of the things in here one of the things that caught my attention is that what

mrs. Trump said or Melania Trump our first lady by the way who is very classy

very elegant and I think she is so beautiful she's just like I don't know

she's just uh a top-notch first lady and you know I'm looking at now I'm not

looking at what she's done in the past but anyway because we all have a past

right but anyway the first lady says that she hates to see children separated

from their families as do all of us you know and she wants reform she wants

everybody to come together to achieve a successful immigration reform she

believes that we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country

that who governs was with heart she says our laws okay if a person comes here

illegally they need to be turned around and shipped back to wherever they came

from deported there are countries that for example like Mexico in other

countries there is no way they would let us Americans in they would probably lock

us up not probably they do lock us up y'all

remember that marine who had a

gun in his vehicle who got he was trying to turn around but he ended up in Mexico

what did they do to him they arrested him and it took almost an act of

Congress to get him out of there so other countries can be really tight with

their laws why can't we enforce our laws and not bend them for anybody even if

people have these children that are getting separated from them don't people

in our country who commit crimes and break the law don't they

get separated from their children sometimes the kids end up in the system

as foster care or some family member somebody steps up to the plate to take

responsibility for them so I just want to throw that out there okay we we're a

nation of laws and the laws should be enforced and they have been enforced

even before President Trump came on the scene so know that y'all okay but anyway

let's get into what Griffin said she said eff you Melanie she said Melanie of

course because I think President Trump he tweeted his wife's name and he

misspelled it so that's why she's writing Melanie of course the woman

knows her name is not Melanie it's Melania but the thing that I have is that have a

problem with is that she's calling her feckless or worthless or complicit piece

of s okay Melania is a classy woman she's beautiful she is elegant she's

graceful too from what I see she just carries herself in such a way that this

woman here this woman Kathy Griffin cannot compare to her by any stretch of

the imagination but anyway that was wrong and I am going to share a little

bit of what I think so let's get into it now I've already told you some of the

things that I think but another thing that I want to share with you is that it

seems like to me well it doesn't seem like it actually does appear to be this

way that there is a double standard when someone who is on the right says

something that is inappropriate to someone who's on the left they have

shows cancelled they are demeaned they are punished

they are also fired from jobs they get the shaft but when someone on the Left

says something about someone on the right and it can be mean just like what

Kathy Griffin has just done what happens people are cheering them on you really

don't hear a peep out anybody people have called for the assassination of

President Trump they have and nothing has been done about it people have said

things done things and nobody really says anything about it or really calls

the person out yeah we know that they said these things

and we know that they did certain things but do they really lose their job do

they seems like to me that just get a slap on the wrist so that's why I say

there's a double standard here and I know when Kathy Griffin did the severed

head there were people who were saying well they did it to Obama well two

wrongs don't make it right you know the people who did that toward Obama with

the lynching the dolls hanging up and looked like they were trying to depict

that President Obama was being lynched and these were dolls I believe some type

of dummies or whatever that wasn't right that wasn't right at all two wrongs do

not make a right it just doesn't and so I wish that

people would stop with all the name-calling stop acting childish stop

with all this stuff because it sends a message a very loud and clear message

that we don't care about other people at all it seems like most people not all

but I'm just saying from what I see

people are filled with a lot of hate and what the world needs now and there's a

song is love sweet love no not just for some but for everyone okay so that's all

I had to say the double standards need to stop they need to stop and Kathy

Griffin she was wrong she was wrong for what she said but there's a lot of

people that think she was right and I think that if she feel felt that

way there's a right and a wrong way to say anything you know she could have

said what she said in a totally different way and you know without

calling without cussing Melania out you know but it is what it is huh but that's

all I have to say let me know what you think

check out the article and comment below if you feel the need to alright thank

you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video bye bye

For more infomation >> Kathy Griffin Unleashes Profanity at the First Lady, Melania Trump on Twitter - Duration: 12:16.

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Kellyanne Puts FBI Agents Who Called Trump Supporters 'Retarded' On The Chopping Block! - Duration: 3:15.

If me or you lashed out during work, and angrily called a bunch of people "retarded," do

you think we'd still have a job?

No.

We'd be fired.

So why is it that the FBI agents who called millions of Americans who voted for our America

First President "retarded," are still working and collecting a taxpayer paycheck

from people they loathe and detest?

That's the question Trump top-advisor Kellyanne Conway is asking now.

From Town Hall

White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway spoke with NBC's "Meet the Press" on

Sunday to discuss a variety of issues, but raised an interesting question – has anybody

been fired from the FBI yet after the scandalizing Inspector General report showed immense bias

amongst certain FBI agents?

"… It's so disturbing to anyone, Chuck, when you read this IG report and you see some

of the comments that are being made in text messages.

On September 9th, the same day that Hillary Clinton would go on to refer to President

Trump's supporters as irredeemable and deplorable.

The same day, an FBI agent according to the IG report referred to Trump's supporters

in Iowa, excuse me, Ohio as 'retarded'.

Are we comfortable with that?

Who is that person?

Does that person still work at the FBI?

Are they still getting government resources?

Do they have his top secret security clearance?"

Conway asked host Chuck Todd. (emphasis added).

Conway was referring to a portion of the IG Report last week which highlighted two FBI

agents expressing anti-Trump sentiments on September 9th, 2016 seen in the following

text exchange:

Agent 5: "i'm trying to think of a 'would i rather' instead of spending time with

those people" Agent 1: "stick your tongue in a fan??"

Agent 5: "i would rather have brunch with trump"

Agent 1: "ha"

Agent 1: "french toast with drumpf"

Agent 5: "i would rather have brunch with trump and a bunch of his supporters like the

ones from ohio that are retarded"

Agent 5: ":)"

"Are you comfortable with the fact that the New York FBI office was leaking stuff

to Devin Nunes in September of 2016 as well?

I mean, against Hillary Clinton," Todd retorted.

"I'm very uncomfortable," said the Conway.

"I mean, what is going on if — I understand, you guys want to make an issue of that.

That New York FBI office looks like it was leaking like a sieve," the host said.

"Well, I'm very uncomfortable that in, apparently, in exchange for some leaks, that

FBI officials were taking gifts from journalists.

And you should be very concerned, too.

I'm sure you are.

That people are being offered meals, and tickets to games and things of real value.

What were they getting in exchange?

A new friend?

Or someone who would be a source for them?

It's very disconcerting.

There are many disconcerting things in this report.

And I know people are running around cherry picking it according to their own political

point of view.

What I would, what I would recommend, Chuck, is that everybody take the time to really

digest 568 pages," Conway said.

For more infomation >> Kellyanne Puts FBI Agents Who Called Trump Supporters 'Retarded' On The Chopping Block! - Duration: 3:15.

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Trump administration reportedly set to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council amid separation policy - Duration: 1:57.

The Trump administration is expected to pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday amid international backlash over its policy to split up immigrant families at the country's southern border, according to a report

 UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will announce the withdrawal during a press conference at the State Department headquarters in Washington, D

C., at 5 p.m., two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News. Advertisement  Administration officials have accused the diplomatic body of holding an anti-Israel bias and have hinted at a withdrawal for months

Last year, Haley accused the body of pursuing a "relentless, pathological campaign" against Israel in the bloody conflict with Palestine

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad on May 08, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland

(Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)  The expected withdrawal comes one day after the UN's high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussien, blasted the Trump administration for separating children from their undocumented parents if they've entered the country illegally

 "The thought that any state would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable," al Hussien said at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday

"I call on the United States to immediately end the practice of forcible separation of these children

"  This is a breaking story. Please check back for updates.

For more infomation >> Trump administration reportedly set to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council amid separation policy - Duration: 1:57.

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The FBI Just Got Caught Doing Something Horrible To Donald Trump - Duration: 3:08.

For more infomation >> The FBI Just Got Caught Doing Something Horrible To Donald Trump - Duration: 3:08.

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Trump To Talk Immigration With Republicans - Duration: 2:33.

For more infomation >> Trump To Talk Immigration With Republicans - Duration: 2:33.

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Liberal Law Prof: IG Report Supports Trump, POTUS Had Good Reason to Fire Comey - Duration: 1:51.

George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley said the recently released

IG report will make it harder for Bob Mueller to prove obstruction and thinks it might vindicate

President Donald Trump's decision to fire James Comey.

"To me, the obstruction claim involving Comey was always difficult," Turley said

on "Fox & Friends" Monday.

"But, after the IG, it's become virtually incomprehensible because the IG said that

Comey was insubordinate.

That he deviated from policies.

He violated FBI policy.

All those are a good reason to fire James Comey."

Turley said Trump critics will have a problem proving the president obstructed justice,

after several high-ranking officials have come out and said his firing of Comey was

justified.

"The problem that's going to come up for the critics of President Trump is that this

dog just won't hunt when you've both the IG and the deputy attorney general saying

he deserved to be fired, you can't assume everything against him," Turley continued.

He also said if Mueller plans to use Comey's firing as a way of proving obstruction, Deputy

Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should be forced to recuse himself from the case.

"If Mueller was really going after obstruction based on Comey, then Rosenstein would have

to recuse himself," Turley concluded.

"Rosenstein said if Mueller told him he was a witness, he would remove himself.

He hasn't done that which makes me think one of two things.

Either Mueller is ignoring conflicts of interest or he's not seriously pursuing that angle."

The interview got mixed results on social media.

Liberals don't do irony when it comes to Hillary Clinton and the Trump administration.

And they won't believe anything that looks good for the Trump White House — even when

it comes from a liberal law professor like Turley.

For more infomation >> Liberal Law Prof: IG Report Supports Trump, POTUS Had Good Reason to Fire Comey - Duration: 1:51.

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Trump blames Democrats for "horrible" U.S. immigration laws - Duration: 1:47.

Now for a look at stories making headlines around the world and we start in the United

States.

President Trump has accused the Democrats of obstructing his efforts to reform immigration

law.

For more on this and other international news we turn to Ro Aram…

Aram… what exactly did President Trump say?

Well Mark…

Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said the Democrats were the ones responsible

for what he called horrible immigration laws.

He also said he would not let America be a migrant camp.

"…..Immigration is the fault and all of the problems that we're having, because we

cannot get them to sign legislation.

We cannot get them even to the negotiating table.

And I say it's very strongly the Democrats' fault, their obstruction and they're really

obstructionist and they are obstructing………..

"The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility,

it won't be.

You look at what's happening in Europe, you look at what's happening in other places we

can't allow that to happen to the United States.

Not on my watch…."

President Trump's so-called "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which was introduced two

months ago by his administration, has faced widespread criticism both from Democrats and

some Republicans.

It has led to nearly two thousand children being held separately from parents who have

been arrested under Washington's "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal border crossings.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen rejected criticism accusing her department

of child abuse, saying conditions were of a "high standard."

For more infomation >> Trump blames Democrats for "horrible" U.S. immigration laws - Duration: 1:47.

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BREAKING TRUMP NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - Duration: 13:47.

BREAKING TRUMP NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Earlier this week, Donald Trump made history when he brokered a peace deal with North Korean

dictator Kim Jong Un.

Now Norwegian leaders just nominated Trump to be nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

because of this deal.

Independent Journal Review reported that Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen, members

of the Norwegian Progress Party, put in the nomination for Trump.

The nomination was sent in one month after a group of 18 House Republicans wrote to the

Norwegian Nobel Committee to request he be considered for the prize.

"Since taking office, President Trump has worked tirelessly to apply maximum pressure

on North Korea to end its illicit weapons programs and bring peace to the region.

His Administration successfully united the international community, including China,

to impose one of the most successful international sanctions regimes in history," the Republicans

wrote.

"We can think of no one more deserving of the Committee's recognition in 2019 than

President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world."

Amundsen said that this would not be the first time that a Peace Prize was awarded to someone

in the midst of a process.

"We will of course follow the development closely, but the fact that we have come this

far is, in my opinion, worthy of a peace prize," he said.

Tybring-Gjedde agreed with him.

"This is a nudge to make Donald Trump finish what he's started," Tybring Gjedde said.

We have to agree that Donald Trump has done far more to receive the Nobel Peace Prize

this week than Barack Obama ever did during his presidency.

Top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway agreed that Trump deserves the prize far more than

his predecessor did.

"Look, the last president was handed the Nobel Peace Prize.

This president is actually going to earn it," Conway said on Wednesday.

"And that's all we need to know from this.

It's his moxie."

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For more infomation >> BREAKING TRUMP NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - Duration: 13:47.

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1 - Cuộc chiến mậu dịch của tổng thống Trump, nền kinh tế của CSVN sẽ đi về đâu? - Duration: 56:24.

For more infomation >> 1 - Cuộc chiến mậu dịch của tổng thống Trump, nền kinh tế của CSVN sẽ đi về đâu? - Duration: 56:24.

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Donald Trump And Kim Jong Un Left Jaws On The Ground With This Agreement - Duration: 16:30.

Donald Trump And Kim Jong Un Left Jaws On The Ground With This Agreement

Global elites are still reeling from Donald Trump's historic summit with Kim Jong Un.

Now everyone is wondering what happens next.

That question was answered when Trump and Kim Jong Un agreed to the one thing that no

one thought possible.

North Korea's state run Korean Central News Agency dropped a bombshell report that Trump

and Kim Jong Un have agreed to visit each other's country.

The Korean Central News Agency stated:

"KIM JONG UN INVITED TRUMP TO VISIT PYONGYANG AT A CONVENIENT TIME AND TRUMP INVITED KIM

JONG UN TO VISIT THE U.S.," THE REPORT CONTINUED "THE TWO TOP LEADERS GLADLY ACCEPTED EACH

OTHER'S INVITATION, CONVINCED THAT IT WOULD SERVE AS ANOTHER IMPORTANT OCCASION FOR IMPROVED

DPRK-U.S. RELATIONS."

After the historic summit, where Trump and Kim agreed to a process of denuclearization,

the media worked overtime to try and portray Trump as a bumbling idiot who failed America.

Journalists immediately tweeted that Trump had foolishly made a major concession by canceling

military exercises with South Korea.

But unless you actively hope for war to break out on the Korean Peninsula, canceling military

exercises gives away nothing.

But Trump defended the summit – which was an historic success – by pointing out how

he won specific concessions from North Korea on the release of hostages and ending nuclear

testing.

The President stated:

"THE WORLD HAS TAKEN A BIG STEP BACK FROM POTENTIAL NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE!

NO MORE ROCKET LAUNCHES, NUCLEAR TESTING OR RESEARCH!

THE HOSTAGES ARE BACK HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN KIM, OUR DAY TOGETHER WAS HISTORIC!"

Trump also ripped his media critics by throwing all their criticisms from the last year about

how he would trigger a nuclear war back in their faces, declaring: "A year ago the

pundits & talking heads, people that couldn't do the job before, were begging for conciliation

and peace – "please meet, don't go to war."

Now that we meet and have a great relationship with Kim Jong Un, the same haters shout out,

"you shouldn't meet, do not meet!"

Trump wasn't just hit from the left.

So-called "conservatives" – especially George W. Bush era neoconservatives – ripped

the President for being insufficiently hostile to the North Koreans.

But liberal activists, like CNN's pretend journalist Jim Sciutto – who once worked

in the Obama administration, and neoconservatives like Dan Senor, miss the point.

The people that backed the disastrous Iran deal and the Iraq War – two of the greatest

foreign policy failures in American history – have no room to criticize President Trump.

Both the Bush and the Obama administrations failed to contain the North Korean nuclear

menace.

Therefore, President Trump should be afforded the space to allow his policy of maximum pressure

and diplomatic engagement to work, rather than be browbeaten by failed hacks who insist

he follow their failed playbook.

Results are what will matter.

If President Trump builds a relationship with Kim Jong Un that leads to verifiable denuclearization

of the Korean Peninsula, then he will have achieved one of the greatest diplomatic successes

in American history.

We will keep you up to date on any new developments in this story.

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For more infomation >> Donald Trump And Kim Jong Un Left Jaws On The Ground With This Agreement - Duration: 16:30.

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President Trump to meet with Republicans about children being separated from parents at border - Duration: 1:46.

For more infomation >> President Trump to meet with Republicans about children being separated from parents at border - Duration: 1:46.

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President Donald Trump To Discuss Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policy With Lawmakers - Duration: 1:59.

For more infomation >> President Donald Trump To Discuss Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policy With Lawmakers - Duration: 1:59.

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Donald Trump ordena ao Pentágono a realização de um desfile militar para demonstração de força - Duration: 2:03.

For more infomation >> Donald Trump ordena ao Pentágono a realização de um desfile militar para demonstração de força - Duration: 2:03.

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Trump Wipes Obama, Witch Hunters, Dems & MSM Down The Drain All In A Matter Of Minutes - Duration: 3:27.

For more infomation >> Trump Wipes Obama, Witch Hunters, Dems & MSM Down The Drain All In A Matter Of Minutes - Duration: 3:27.

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Trump administration continues to defend separating children from parents - Duration: 1:42.

For more infomation >> Trump administration continues to defend separating children from parents - Duration: 1:42.

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Kellyanne Puts FBI Agents Who Called Trump Supporters 'Retarded' On The Chopping Block! - Duration: 3:14.

For more infomation >> Kellyanne Puts FBI Agents Who Called Trump Supporters 'Retarded' On The Chopping Block! - Duration: 3:14.

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Trump Explains His Immigrant Child Kidnapping Policy - Duration: 0:55.

My fellow Americans

do you remember when I said

that I could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue

and not lose support?

Well I haven't done that...

YET.

But I have now ripped thousands of children

from their families and tossed them in cages

and internment camps.

And it turns out...

Trump was right!

According to a Quinnipiac poll,

55% of Republicans

support my kidnapping policy!

Over half!

It may not be murder, per se,

but kidnapping is a close second!

Now if you excuse me,

I have to go think of other crimes

against basic human decency

that Republicans will support and justify!

For more infomation >> Trump Explains His Immigrant Child Kidnapping Policy - Duration: 0:55.

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Trump Lights Up Democrats & Mexico, Patriots Reward Him With Special Gift - Duration: 4:21.

For more infomation >> Trump Lights Up Democrats & Mexico, Patriots Reward Him With Special Gift - Duration: 4:21.

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Did Peter Strzok's anti-Trump bias lead to the Russia probe? - Duration: 6:42.

For more infomation >> Did Peter Strzok's anti-Trump bias lead to the Russia probe? - Duration: 6:42.

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Trump Just SHUT IT DOWN! U.S. Will NOT Become a 'Migrant Camp' - Duration: 4:40.

President Trump is refusing to cave to hypocritical liberal hysteria over immigration laws that

have been on the books for years.

After a picture emerged of " caged illegal kids" from the Obama-era, liberals have

suddenly taken up the torch for so-called "tortured illegal kids."

The truth of the matter, is that many of these kids are pawns, being used by adults to gain

access to the United States.

Furthermore, the kids, who are housed in shelters, have a better quality of life than the 13

million impoverished American kids – and all on the taxpayers dime.

From The Hill

A defiant President Trump on Monday defended his administration's policy of separating

undocumented children from their parents at the southern border, saying the nation must

not become a "camp" for migrants.

"The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding

facility — it won't be," Trump said at the White House during a meeting for his

space council.

"Not on my watch," he added.

Trump again blamed Democrats for the problem, though the separations are a result of a directive

issued by his own administration earlier this year.

"I say it's very strongly the Democrats' fault," he said Monday.

"If the Democrats would sit down instead of obstructing, we could have something done

very quickly," Trump added later.

"Good for the children, good for the country, good for the world."

The remarks come as Trump is facing mounting pressure to change the policy, which his administration

implemented in an effort to deter illegal immigration.

The Department of Homeland Security says nearly 2,000 minors have been separated from their

adult guardians in the six weeks following the administration's announcement of a "zero

tolerance policy" against illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The separations have triggered a nationwide outcry from Republicans and Democrats who

say they are inhumane, and Trump and his top aides have struggled to explain the policy.

Trump earlier Monday doubled down on the controversial policy in a string of tweets while calling

on Congress to change laws to end the policy, a sign he is unmoved by the criticism.

In his remarks later in the day, the president sought to justify his efforts to ramp up immigration

enforcement by claiming "murderers" and "thieves" who are illegally entering the

U.S. are bringing "death and destruction."

He also suggested his hands are tied when it comes to addressing the child separation

issue.

"We could have an immigration bill, we could have child separation — we're stuck with

these horrible laws," he said.

"They're horrible laws.

What's happening is so sad, so sad.

And it can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and we'll have safety."

Trump is trying to pressure Democrats in the House into working with their Republican counterparts

to pass an immigration bill.

But the two measures drafted by GOP lawmakers, one of which deals with child separation,

also face internal opposition.

The president is scheduled to meet with House Republicans on Tuesday to discuss the immigration

issue, a meeting in which he could hear criticism of his administration's handling of the

issue.

The child separations stem from the Justice Department's decision in April to prosecute

illegal border crossers to the fullest extent of the law.

That has resulted in a drastic uptick in people who are being jailed as they await trial,

and as a result, have their children taken away from them and placed in detention centers.

Trump administration officials have offered up often-contradictory explanations for the

separations, frustrating critics and supporters alike.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday told a gathering of sheriffs that "we do not

want to separate parents from their children," but a legislative fix is needed.

"If we build the wall, if we pass legislation to end the lawlessness, we won't face these

terrible choices," he said.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen also defended the policy,

saying "we will not apologize for doing our job."

Her comments, however, came one day after she faced criticism for tweeting her department

does "not have a policy of separating families at the border.

Period."

A wide variety of public figures have called on Trump to end child separation, including

former first lady Laura Bush, who seldom weighs in on policy issues.

"I live in a border state.

I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance

policy is cruel.

It is immoral.

And it breaks my heart," Bush wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

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