# Mexico Border Closing : Regardless of the mess it would create, what can the President order?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-border-closing-regardless-of-the-mess-it-would-create-what-can-the-president-order/831887 "2019-04-01T20:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-border-closing-regardless-of-the-mess-it-would-create-what-can-the-president-order/831887/21 "2019-04-03T00:12:32Z")

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He’s gonna say he got tough with the three Mexico’s and he is gonna table closing the border for now.

His base will eat it up.

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-border-closing-regardless-of-the-mess-it-would-create-what-can-the-president-order/831887/22 "2019-04-03T14:37:57Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> He’s gonna say he got tough with the three Mexico’s and he is gonna table closing the border for now.
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> His base will eat it up.

That was my prediction as well, minus the three Mexico’s (prior to that idiotic FOX blunder):

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21564186&postcount=10](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21564186&postcount=10)

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-border-closing-regardless-of-the-mess-it-would-create-what-can-the-president-order/831887/23 "2019-04-03T14:46:08Z")

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> [@SamuelA](#):
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> It would just be a few hundred meters.

That is still not self defense. Mexico is a sovereign nation entitled to defend its territory by force. The Mexicans would be the defenders.

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