Trump’s troop deployment to border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to combat readiness

It’s been clear since day one that Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national emergency” was nothing more than a chunk of red meat to appease his rabid and racist base. And on Thursday, via two leaked memos obtained by the Los Angeles Times, we learn that Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller warned the Pentagon that Trump’s troop deployment to the U.S.-Mexican border, and the transferring of funds to pay for it, has created an “unacceptable risk to Marine Corps combat readiness and solvency.”

Neller also notes that it has “forced him to cancel or reduce planned military training in at least five countries, and delay urgent repairs at bases.”

So, Trump’s wall obsession is not only racist, and a waste of money, but it’s now putting military lives at risk.