He knows this caravan is not comprised of starving, oppressed people, who spontaneously decided to march to the promised land.
This is a put up job to allow criminals, drug smugglers, and child traffickers in to the U.S. to undermine America.
Sure, there are some who have a legitimate objective, but they too are being USED by the criminal, anti-American element.
Who is in his circle of friends? He must be involved with people who support and encourage his ideas.
Who are the people in his base he's trying to appeal to? Are he and Jeb so removed from reality they actually believe what they say?
“This is a put up job to allow criminals, drug smugglers, and child traffickers in to the U.S. to undermine America.”
Partially.
However, I think another objective is to avoid paying the migrant smugglers as usual.
That usually costs $4,000 to $15,000 per person.
Not all military age Hondurans can come up with that kind of money.