President Trump, of course, is not a career politician, having come from the business world. During his first presidential campaign he started right in smashing political norms, and we remember a commentator on the television news in early 2016 noting that people couldn't figure Donald Trump's "angle" precisely for that reason; "If you keep in mind," the commenter (who is was escapes the mind at this distance in time) "...that he's not a politician, and remember that he's still basically a real-estate guy from Queens, you'll understand him better."
Even so, in both politics and business, there are occasions that call for a little - or a lot - of self-promotion. There are also occasions where counting coup is in order. On the mess that Joe Biden left behind on our nation's borders, Trump's policies are already having a big impact, and yes, the president is counting coup. On Saturday, he took to his Truth Social platform (here re-posted on X) to give some specifics.
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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 1, 2025
The president's post reads:
The month of February, my first full month in Office, had the LOWEST number of Illegal Immigrants trying to enter our Country in History – BY FAR! There were only 8,326 apprehensions of Illegals by Border Patrol at the U.S. - Mexico Border, all of whom were quickly ejected from our Nation or, when necessary, prosecuted for crimes against the United States of America. This means that very few people came – The Invasion of our Country is OVER. In comparison, under Joe Biden, there were 300,000 Illegals crossing in one month, and virtually ALL of them were released into our Country. Thanks to the Trump Administration Policies, the Border is CLOSED to all Illegal Immigrants. Anyone who tries to illegally enter the U.S.A. will face significant criminal penalties and immediate deportation.
It's all about incentives - and in January, specifically on January 20th, the incentives to cross into the United States illegally changed. The numbers reflect that.
See Related: Game-Changer: Trump Admin. Repatriating Mexican Illegal Aliens Far Away From Our Border
This follows, of course, four years of the Biden administration telling us everything but the truth about the oozing sore they created on our borders - especially (but not exclusively) the southern border.
At his first press conference in March 2021 – after claiming that nothing had changed at the border (despite repealing every Trump executive order securing the border on day one) – he said the surge of illegals then underway “happens every single solitary year. There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March. It happens every year … happens all the time.”
Well, now we know that was a lie. Look at the chart below, which shows “encounters” by border patrol agents at the southern border in January of each year since 2017.
The chart referenced:
— Ward Clark (@TheGreatLander) March 1, 2025
What do you notice? They were low under Donald Trump, exploded under Biden, and now are miraculously back down to the levels of the first Trump term.
Throughout Biden’s administration, he claimed border security was a top priority. He named his vice president as border “czar.”
Against all evidence, his Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas repeatedly lied – often under oath – saying that the border was secure.
Biden later claimed his hands were tied by Republicans who refused to pass a phony border security bill.
What a difference a new president makes.
We could spill a million barrels of virtual ink discussing this issue, but the numbers here are stark and revealing. Facts are stubborn things, and those numbers reflect facts. You won't see one illegal "migrant" heading towards the U.S. wearing a shirt saying "Trump, please let us in!" because President Trump isn't throwing our borders open to all and sundry.
And that's what the Biden administration did - they let in millions of people, unscreened, unvetted, many if not most of them unaccompanied young military-aged men. Gang members, known criminals, men on the terror watch list - all are known to have come in under Joe Biden's watch. And now, today, while repatriation efforts are underway, we still don't know who many of these people are, where they are now, where they may intend to go, or what they intend to do when they get there.
Yes, the border is under far greater control now than it was. Yes, the repatriation of various goblins is underway. There are years of work to do, cleaning up the Biden administration's mess. Nothing about this will be fast or easy. But it has to be done, all the same.
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