Trump demands Biden launch a 'war' on 'our Southern border' in early-morning rant

Donald Trump urged President Joe Biden to open a war at the U.S.-Mexico border in an early morning social media post.

The former chief executive has been credited in some quarters as an "anti-war" president, and he complained about U.S. involvement in airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen and military aid to allies like Ukraine and Israel, but he also suggested a military operation along the southern border might be necessary.

"So, let me get this straight," Trump posted. "We’re dropping bombs all over the Middle East, AGAIN (where I defeated ISIS!), and our Secretary of Defence [sic], who just went missing for five days, is running the war from his laptop in a hospital room."

The Pentagon's inspector general has announced an investigation into the handling of defense secretary Lloyd Austin's ongoing hospitalization for prostate cancer surgery and whether department policies were followed in notifying the White House.

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"Remember, this is the same gang that 'surrendered' in Afghanistan, where no one was held accountable or FIRED," said Trump, who signed an order to immediately withdraw all troops from the country after his election loss in November 2020. "It was the most embarrassing 'moment' in the history of the United States. Now we have wars in Ukraine, Israel, and Yemen, but no 'war' on our Southern Border. Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Crooked Joe Biden is the worst President in the history of the United States!"