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The new White House policy to "let Trump be Trump" resulted in staffers investigating the cost of a black, electrified border wall made of concrete topped with large, flesh-piercing spikes, and/or a moat filled with snakes or alligators. Trump also suggested US soldiers shoot migrants in the leg to slow them down. When Trump was told he couldn't have any of those things, he threw a tantrum and threatened to close the entire border, potentially stranding legal US residents in Mexico. Jared Kushner and former Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen tried to walk Trump back, leading Trump to tell Nielsen, "Lou Dobbs hates you, Ann Coulter hates you, you're making me look bad." The resulting clusterfuck led to Stephen Miller purging what the New York Times calls "bleeding hearts" who were not loyal to Trump World.
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