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Trump Says He’s Going to Use the Military For Mass Deportations.

When politicians show you who they are, believe them.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readNov 18, 2024
Photo by Diego González on Unsplash

It’s only been a couple of weeks since the United States of America decided to reelect Donald Trump to the office of the Presidency, and Trump has already assured us that some of our worst fears will come to fruition.

Or at the very least, he’s going to try to make that happen to the best of his ability.

It’s no secret that Trump has been disgustingly xenophobic and his rhetoric surrounding migrants has been blatantly dangerous. He’s helped to nurture a culture of violence and hatred directed at some of the most vulnerable among us, and the President-elect has decided to take the opportunity to remind us of the lengths he is willing to go.

Trump plans to use the military in order to carry out mass deportations.

The Guardian reports:

“Donald Trump gave the nod on social media this morning to the notion that he wants to use the military to enforce his previously-stated intentions for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants from the US once he gets into office.

The Republican president-elect talked on the election campaign trail about declaring a national emergency in order to trigger powers…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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