Morgan J. Freeman personally apologized to Mexico for Trump's 'Egregious' Military
Border Order
American film director Morgan J. Freeman personally apologized to Mexico on Wednesday after President
Donald Trump ordered National Guard troops to the southern border.
In a tweet, Freeman said the "egregious step" amounted to an "ego stunt" that
had left him "embarrassed" to be an American.
"Dear Mexico, I apologize for the egregious step taken by our President today," he wrote.
"I hope you know his views do not reflect those of the majority of Americans, and I
hope his little "ego stunt" will be over soon.
Embarrassed to be an American today."
Freeman made the comments after Trump signed an official memorandum on Wednesday to deploy
the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, claiming that "the security of the United
States is imperiled by a drastic surge of illegal activity on the southern border."
"During the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the National
Guard provided support for efforts to secure our southern border," the memo says.
"The crisis at our southern border once again calls for the National Guard to help
secure our border and protect our homeland."
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would order National Guard troops to the
U.S.-Mexican border, hours after leading transition policy adviser Ken Blackwell told Fox Business
Network that sending troops would show a coherent Trump policy of treating illegal immigration
as a national security and homeland security issue, using all the levers of American foreign
and domestic power to enact his policy.
The president had been considering deploying the U.S. military to the border as a caravan
of Central Americans are traveling through Mexico, approaching the American border.
On Tuesday, President Trump announced that until a border wall is built, he believes
he should send troops to secure the border, and he was exploring options with Defense
Secretary James Mattis.
The White House announced late that evening that the president was specifically mobilizing
the National Guard to take on this task.
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