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Trump Triples Up: Now Says He Wants to Send 15,000 Troops to Southern Border
President Trump, six days before the midterm elections, has now tripled up, telling reporters he now wants to send 15,000 U.S. troops to the nation’s Southern border. Those troops would be away from their families for the Thanksgiving and likely Christmas holidays, as the migrants are weeks if not months away.
Originally, when Trump first made the announcement, 800 were projected. That number exploded into 5,200 on Monday. Two days later, he has tripled the number to 15,000.
It’s unknown how much the move will cost taxpayers, but estimates have ranged from tens of millions to over $100 million.
Reuters’ Jeff Mason and The Washington Post’s Matt Viser first reported the news.
.@realDonaldTrump tells reporters as many as 15,000 US troops will be sent to the border to deal with the caravans approaching the United States pic.twitter.com/87ncrtg4yq
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) October 31, 2018
President Trump wants to deploy up to 15,000 troops the US-Mexican border.
For context: The United States currently has 14,000 troops in Afghanistan. There are 5,200 in Iraq and about 2,000 in Syria.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) October 31, 2018
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