Trump orders 5,200 more troops & 1,500 miles of concertina wire to U.S.-Mexico border

The U.S. will deploy an additional 5,200 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, said White House officials today. The deployment will more than triple the military presence there, and is presumably a Trump administration response to the so-called Migrant Caravan, about which white supremacists in the United States are currently fixated.

BREAKING Pentagon will send 5200 troops to border, has 150 miles of concertina wire ready to use, Northcom says

— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) October 29, 2018

Earlier on Monday, before the announcement, President Donald Trump tweeted:

Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed into the Caravan heading to our Southern Border.

This is a lie, by the way.

Please go back, you will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process, Trump continued.

This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!

Even as pipe bombs are being discovered and the synagogue massacre dead are being buried, President Donald Trump continues to describe a non-violent caravan of Central American asylum seekers as an invasion.

Again, he's calling it an invasion. But there is no invasion. It's a lie.

This demonizing and dehumanizing language from Mr. Trump is what authorities say inspired a deranged man in Pittsburgh to murder 11 Jewish people two days ago, in their house of worship, as they prayed.

5,200 troops. Are they gearing up for a bloodbath? If so, who's it for, the migrants, or us?

The additional troops, when combined with the 2,000 National Guard already there, roughly equals the number of US forces currently deployed to Iraq & Syria.