Trump: Detention Facilities Are ‘Not Concentration Camps, They’re Really Well-Run’

Trump: Detention Facilities Are ‘Not Concentration Camps, They’re Really Well-Run’
President Donald Trump presides over a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on July 16, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump defended the conditions of U.S. border facilities on July 16, saying that the immigrant detention centers at the southern border are “not concentration camps,” as described by some Democratic lawmakers.

Trump made the comments to reporters during a cabinet meeting, where he countered the allegations made by “very radical left Democrats” that the United States is running “concentration camps.”