U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday admitted to poor messaging regarding his plans for security along the U.S. – Mexico border.
Trump said in an interview with broadcaster Fox News that he did not think his border policies have been communicated well. “Maybe that’s my fault,’’ he added.
He said his administration was seeking to keep drug and human traffickers, in some cases murderers, from entering the United States.
“We’re getting the bad ones out, the bad people,’’ Trump said in regard to his policies.
This concept has been lost in the discussion, the president suggested.
Trump was also somewhat critical of spokesperson Sean Spicer, for his efforts to find the source of leaks by investigating the mobile phones of his staff “I would have done it differently”.
Trump said that he nevertheless respected Spicer’s approach.
Trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening of which economic and security policy are likely to be major themes.
Also, the controversial healthcare law known as Obamacare, which Trump seeks to change, is also expected to be addressed. (dpa/NAN)