Trump: Human Trafficking ‘Is Worse Than It’s Ever Been In The History Of The World’

US President Donald Trump visits Joint Interagency Task Force South at Naval Air Station Key West on April 19, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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While advocating for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, President Donald Trump said “human trafficking is worse than it’s ever been in the history of the world,” according to a pool report.

The victims of centuries of chattel slavery would presumably disagree.

The comment came during a visit to the Joint Interagency Task Force South in Key West, Florida, according to pool reporter Tarini Parti of BuzzFeed News.

“Drugs are flowing into our country,” Trump told reporters, according to Parti. “We need border protection. We need the wall. We have to have the wall. The Democrats don’t want to approve the Wall because they think it’s good politically, but it’s not.”

“If you look at what’s happening in California with sanctuary cities — people are really going the opposite way,” he continued. “They don’t want sanctuary cities. There’s a little bit of a revolution going on in California. Human trafficking is worse than it’s ever been in the history of the world.”

This post has been updated.

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  1. “Everyone’s saying it”

  2. You idiotic stupid fuck! Can anyone truly be that fucking ignorant? I absolutely loathe that fucking piece of shit.

    And my fucks per message is going up today.

  3. There are fireflies with greater historical perspective than Donald Trump.

  4. Trump shits so much hyperbole the White House plumbers work overtime unclogging toilets.

  5. You stole my words but I agree. My first reaction was WTF -why would he say such b.s. His knowledge of actual history and the history of slavery world wide let alone in this country is pathetic. He is a moron.

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