You're absolutely right, Anderson, and also sending in 500 troops on the weekend before the elections long before the marchers and the caravan ever reached the border. They don't need to be there this weekend. That's a ploy.
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I think that Trump is shoring up his base. But Anderson, I must say, I think that this is going to in the long run, going to play in more in favor of Biden and the Democrats.
Gavin Newsom is not going to allow Washington D.C. to tell him what - how his citizens should live, and how they should behave.
The Trump administration is in the courts, and it is very clear they have failed miserably.
I think, basically, this is about power. I think he wants to cripple Joe Biden before he ever gets started.
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