Railing against the MS-13 gang, he suggested that the Long Island suburbs are so out of control they are akin to Cambodia or Iraq. Not content with praising the efforts of law enforcement, he encouraged them to commit acts of brutality against suspected criminals. All this at a speech that was supposed to draw attention to the serious threat of gang violence on Long island and around the country. If that was really what the President wanted to achieve, then this was a speech that deserves to be termed Mission: Not Accomplished. "We've started nipping it in the bud," he declared, referencing crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

Source: CNN July 29, 2017 17:39 UTC