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Donald Trump used footage of migrants in Spain to criticize US border policy, drawing parallels to his previous campaign tactics. The article notes that Trump has historically used European migrant footage to illustrate claims about the US-Mexico border.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing debate over immigration rhetoric and the use of misleading visual evidence in political campaigning.
In a social media post sent from Air Force One on Friday afternoon, Donald Trump drew attention to video of tens of thousands of migrants entering the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco the day before.
“What’s happening with Spain,” Trump wrote, characterizing the arrival of migrants in the enclave on the North African coast that has been a Spanish possession since 1580 as an invasion, “happened in the United States during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, and it will happen again, only worse, if the Dumocrats ever again gain power.”
Trump illustrated his warning about the US-Mexico border with video of migrants crossing the border from Morocco into the Spanish territory that Morocco claims as its own, and calls “occupied”.
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