Trump mocks asylum seekers, Democrats during inflammatory speech

Donald Trump.
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It appears that President Trump's trip to the U.S.-Mexico border this week did little to sway his public stance on the situation there.

During a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump made several inflammatory statements about the situation at the border, which he has declared a national emergency. Trump reportedly told the crowd that the asylum seekers he saw at the border were "some of the roughest people you've ever seen" and that many of them "look like they should be fighting for the UFC," referring to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a company that promotes mixed martial arts competitions.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.