Trump later threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines Mexico has lost “control” on its side. “You probably see over the news what’s happening on our southern border,” Trump told one Air Force brigadier general stationed at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, adding: “I don’t have to even ask you. Trump’s border threat came days after a federal judge put the administration’s attempts to overhaul asylum rules on hold. Trump probably could close the entire southern border by order, at least temporarily, invoking national security powers. “You sort of have to be Albert Einstein to run the nuclear power plants that we have here as well.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 23, 2018 09:00 UTC