Trump says Kamala Harris has turned the U.S. into a 'garbage can' because of border policies

Donald Trump hammered Kamala Harris for her separator information and migration plans successful beforehand of thousands successful Arizona Thursday, saying she's made nan U.S. a quality 'dumping ground.' 

Speaking to brimming Mullett Arena, in Tempe connected Thursday nan erstwhile president sought to make migration nan cardinal taxable of his reside successful nan separator state. 

'Kamala's migrant penetration fixed to america by gross incompetence disqualifies her from moreover reasoning astir being president,' Trump said. 

'We're for illustration a dumping ground,' Trump said. 'We're for illustration a garbage tin for nan world.' 

The ex-president, intelligibly amused pinch his caller metaphor, admitted nan building was marque new. 

'It's nan first clip I've ever said garbage can, but you cognize what it's a very meticulous description,' he continued. 

Trump besides said President Joe Biden is 'not allowed' to opportunity whether he wants to 'lock him up' aliases now, referring to comments nan 81-year-old made connected Tuesday.

'The full world is watching us, and they spot these group that don’t merit to beryllium successful immoderate position of authority,' Trump said. 

'Remember, he sewage – whether you for illustration him aliases not, I’m not a instrumentality of his – did you spot past night

he blew it? He said fastener him up. He would – he said fastener him up past night. He’s not allowed to do that. He’s specified a stupid guy. Such a stupid fool. He’s specified a guy.'

He past refocused connected his opponent. 

'She was nan separator Czar and she ne'er made 1 telephone call,' Trump claimed, insinuating nan vice president did not do a point to mitigate nan historical travel of migrants that person crossed into nan U.S. complete nan past 3.5 years. 

'No personification who is responsible truthful overmuch bloodshed and decease connected our ungraded tin ever beryllium allowed to go nan president of nan United States.' 

Harris, connected nan different hand, claims she's been moving connected nan border, and says Trump does not person immoderate intentions of fixing it.. 

 'I cull nan mendacious prime that suggests we must take either betwixt securing our separator and creating a strategy that is orderly, safe and humane,' Harris said during a caller travel to nan separator successful Douglas, Arizona astatine nan extremity of September. 'We tin and we must do both.'

Trump, she said, 'prefers to tally connected a problem alternatively of fixing a problem,'

'And nan American group merit a president who cares much astir separator information than playing governmental games and their individual governmental future.' 

However, information complied by nan Republican-controlled House Homeland Security Committee reveals that betwixt fiscal twelvemonth 2021 and fiscal twelvemonth 2024, location were complete 10.8 cardinal migrant encounters. 

Under Trump, betwixt nan fiscal years of 2017 and 2020 location were conscionable 3 cardinal migrant encounters. 

Immigration has many times classed arsenic a apical rumor for voters successful this rhythm and nan ex-president focused connected nan taxable passim his address.

In Arizona, separator information and migration has been recovered to beryllium nan azygous astir important issues among voters there, a Center for nan Future of Arizona study found.

And precocious nan erstwhile president has seen much favorable polling successful nan southwestern state. 

The RealClearPolitics national statesmanlike polling mean presently shows Trump pinch a mini 1.5 constituent lead up of nan Democrat. 

Still, galore of these surveys are truthful adjacent they are wrong nan separator of error, meaning nan title is simply a dormant heat. 

Having visited nan southwestern authorities astir each different week since August, Arizona has go a communal stomping crushed for nan Trump run successful nan last weeks earlier nan election. 

Harris has likewise made respective stops location arsenic nan predetermination is winding towards its culmination.