Snakes, spikes, bullets: Trump reportedly floated 'extreme' measures to stop migrants

Upcoming book details the president’s ‘frenzied week’ and a tense relationship with the homeland security secretary

Donald Trump discussed shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down, after ordering advisers to shut down the entire US-Mexico border, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

The president also suggested electrifying the border wall and fortifying it with spikes, and deterring migrants with a moat stocked with snakes or alligators, according to the Times, which excerpted the upcoming book Border Wars: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration.

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