It is rare to get major presidential candidates – on either side of the political aisle – outside the confines of prepared remarks, stump speeches and friendly audiences, so it’s worth paying attention when they actually take detailed questions.
Remember that he and his cult think that birthright citizenship should not be a thing. If he actually got something like this underway, it would like be expanded far beyond "illegals".
Even if they were willing, physically moving 20 million people is a huge undertaking that the US really does not have the ability to do. Not only would the cost be outrageous, but coordinating it in 50 states would be an infrastructure nightmare. Now imagine if 25% of them flat out refuse. What are we going to do, shoot them? I really don’t think genocide on home turf will go over well.
The most important bit about this isn't how it'll be done. It's to convince people that a certain group of people is the cause of all of their problems.
And fuck my neighbors (cops who support Trump) when they come for my neighbors (I don't ask questions, but they aren't white and they're a thousand times better people than the cop family).
He and his Republican allies know it's not a workable plan. Which is why they'll compromise, using more efficient methods of removing these people as well as their political enemies.
As for the cost, we have no problem throwing money at humiliating and dehumanizing people. It's fucking outrageous. There's plenty of examples where we pay lots more money to hurt people instead of help them.
Just think of all the jobs this would create, tho! And if you remove 10% of workers then wages will rise! Just think of it like the construction of the interstate highway system during The Great Depression.
But seriously, can we just put all this fervor and effort into repairing bridges, roads, and railways?
These days public-/cargo transportation is far more available and more efficient than it was in 1940 ...
Besides that, Trump has a huge, well armed, following ("militia") that will start frothing at the mouth if they see a "designated deportee" walking in their area....
(For a fun comparison I say go watch the Alabama Top Gear episode from series 9 on YouTube)
And that same following feels it has a Carte Blanche to do whatever as long as they think it supports the orange overlord.
Listen we could build giant freeways into Mexico. Hell even like a train that would run 24/7. It would tunnel right through the "wall". How could this plan go wrong? 😂
They absolutely have the capacity to do this. Some states would resist, and that would limit their success. Many states, however, would not resist and would happily aid the effort.
You know how Trump likes to project? First the whole birth certificate thing, and now this. I'm becoming increasingly convinced he is an illegal immigrant.
He said it’s ok. He only eats Mac Donald’s and he specifically requests his order with no tomatoes, onions and lettuce to reduce the size as to make it fit in his “perfectly normal, not small” hands.
As for the beef, he knows Jared can bring not just peace to the Middle East, but cows to the plebs as well. They are the secret recipe for trump steaks, which the world just wasn’t ready for back then.
I'm actually less worried about it now that he's said he has a plan to do it. I haven't read his plan, but I know the way he handles things (and the things his corporate overlords want) means the opposite will probably happen and it'll somehow be worse.