[Hoot Gibson]

To be clear my solution is enforce our damn laws and fund the damn wall. I think it is clearly 100x superior to your quick fix which would not be a fix at all, it would be a nightmare and not begin to scratch the surface of the long term problem.

Mexico has played no small role in the invasion of this country by illegal aliens. You may think sending illegals back to Mexico on an aircraft carrier is a quick fix, but I don't the significance of sailing a US Navy aircraft carrier into Mexican territory would be lost on the Mexican government. The message that I would deliver quietly to that government would be that their invasion of our sovereign territory is an act of war and we are sending an armada loaded with illegals this time, but the payload to be delivered next time will be much more lethal. In other words, as president, I would systematically embarrass the Mexican government by violating their sovereignty until they stop invading ours. The alternative for the Mexicans should be a shooting war, if they cannot take a hint.

There should be some principles more important to a US president than timidly avoiding the political embarrassment of a government shutdown. Trump has painted himself into a corner with empty threats to veto budget bills that do not fund a border wall.