Economy, migration key for Trump's election sprint
78 views · Published 7 November 2018 · 3:54 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(2 Nov 2018) U.S. President Donald Trump says if migrants throw rocks at U.S. troops or border patrol officers, they're not going to be shot, but they're "going to be arrested for a long period of time." Trump had said that he told the U.S. military mobilizing at the southwest border that if U.S. troops face rock-throwing migrants, they should react as though the rocks were "rifles." But Trump said at the White House Friday the U.S. won't be firing on the migrants. Then he added that he hoped that shots wouldn't be fired. He says what rock-throwing migrants did to the Mexican military was a "disgrace." Trump says the U.S. is "not going to stand for" what they did to the Mexican military and police. During remarks to reporters, Trump also said he will meet his Chinese counterpart alongside the Group of 20 meetings in Argentina as they look to curb a burgeoning trade war. Trump says he will have dinner with President Xi Jinping of China at the summit of industrial and emerging market nations in what would be their first meeting since both countries imposed escalating rounds of tariffs on goods. Trump says of China: "I know they want to make a deal." He adds that any deal reached must be "fair." Trump has railed against the U.S. trade imbalance with China since his presidential campaign and his administration has grown increasingly vocal about calling out alleged corporate espionage and intellectual property theft by Chinese entities. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/98bf3f19cf759542dd4ada3c616d0c77
