Spicer: Trump Was Using ‘Military’ As An ‘Adjective’ To Describe Deportations

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC on February 22, 2017 (Photo by Riccardo Savi) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field **... White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC on February 22, 2017 (Photo by Riccardo Savi) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that President Donald Trump was using the word “military” as an “adjective” to describe deportations carried out under his administration.

“The President was using that as an adjective. It’s happening with precision and in a manner in which it’s being done very, very clearly,” Spicer told reporters at his press briefing.

He claimed Trump meant to describe how deportations are being carried out “in a very streamlined and efficient manner.”

A reporter noted that Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said earlier Thursday that “there will be no use of military forces” to enforce Trump’s deportation policy.

“I think we’ve made it clear in the past and Secretary Kelly reiterated it, what kind of operation this was,” Spicer said. “The President was clearly describing the manner in which this was being done.”

Trump said Thursday morning that his administration’s enforcement of its deportation policy is “a military operation.”

“All of a sudden for the first time we’re getting gang members out, we’re getting drug lords out, we’re getting really bad dudes out of this country,” he said during a listening session with manufacturing CEOs. “And it’s a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country.”

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  1. Our so-called President knows a lot about the military, you know. He once pretended to be part of it.

    Additional question: Did Fred Trump kill that fur himself?

  2. using the word “military” as an “adjective”

    Please consult your alt-dictionary before jumping to alt-conclusions on the alt-meanings of alt-words.

  3. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    It is so much fun watching Spicey tie himself into a Gordian knot

  4. He appears to be on a forced hike on a Möbius strip.

  5. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    @charliee Bet he’s hoping HugoBoss still has the patterns for the SS uniforms…

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