Deep Dive (July 1): ‘Never Been Worse’: Trump Blasts Border Crisis After Visit

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A week after the condo collapse in Florida, search and rescue efforts temporarily ceased over concerns that the parts still standing could collapse. It comes the same day President Joe Biden and the first lady are there to offer condolences to the families of those killed and missing.

Former President Donald Trump paid a visit to the southern border on Wednesday. He called for a border wall and said, “So you could have completed the wall in a couple of months, and they decided not to. Now I hear rumors that they want to do it. But it’s only common sense.” He issued a blistering statement afterward, saying the border “has never been worse.” Customs and Border Protection announced that in May, they encountered over 180,000 illegal border crossers—the highest in two decades.

Tiffany Meier
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Tiffany Meier is a New York-based reporter and host of NTD's "China in Focus."
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