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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is again threatening to send armed soldiers to the US-Mexico border.
Trump tweeted on Wednesday that "the Mexican soldiers recently pulled out guns from our National Guard soldiers, probably as a diversion tactic for drug smugglers at the border," but he did not support the demand for drug trafficking.
He tweeted: "Better not to come again! We are now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the border.Mexico is actually not enough to apprehend and return!"
US troops are already at the border to help reduce illegal crossings.
Two US soldiers in a remote area of Texas have recently been confronted by Mexican soldiers who thought the Americans had entered Mexico. Mexican troops reportedly removed a weapon from one of the US soldiers.
Trump recently dismissed his threat of sealing the entire border, citing Mexican cooperation.
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Migrants gassed on the US-Mexico border
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A migrant girl from Honduras who is part of a caravan of thousands of people from Central America en route to the United States is crying after fleeing the tear gas launched by the US border control near the wall between the United States and Mexico, in Tijuana, in November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Migrants run under the tear gas launched by US agents, among photojournalists covering Mexico and the United States. The border, after a group of migrants crossed the Mexican police at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, November 25, 2018. The mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town and said to have asked the United Nations for help in dealing with the 5,000 or so Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd)
Three Honduran migrants huddle beside the river in the middle of tear gas fired by US agents on the Mexico-United States ship. Border after passing, with a group of migrants, the Mexican police at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, November 25, 2018. The Mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town and has UN to help the 5,000 or so Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Migrants run under the tear gas launched by US agents, among photojournalists covering Mexico and the United States. The border, after a group of migrants crossed the Mexican police at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, November 25, 2018. The mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town and said to have asked the United Nations for help in dealing with the 5,000 or so Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd)
Central American migrants – mostly Hondurans – cover their faces near the Tijuana River, on the border of El Chaparral, in Tijuana, in the state of Baja California, Mexico , after the US Border Patrol threw tear gas at them to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute in November 25, 2018. – US authorities on Sunday closed the San Ysidro crossing in southern California after Hundreds of migrants, members of the "caravan" condemned by President Donald Trump, have tried to break through a fence in Tijuana, authorities said. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (The photo credit should read as follows: GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP / Getty Images)
Tear gas launched by the US Border Patrol to disperse Central American migrants – mainly Hondurans – following an alleged verbal dispute on November 25, near the El Chaparral border post in Tijuana, in the state of Baja California, Mexico, 2018. – US authorities on Sunday closed the crossing point of San Ysidro in southern California after hundreds of migrants, members of the "caravan "condemned by President Donald Trump, have tried to cross a fence in Tijuana, announced the authorities. (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP) (The photo credit should read: GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP / Getty Images)
A photojournalist is surrounded by a tear gas released by CBP after migrants, belonging to a caravan of thousands of Central Americans, attempted to cross the US border illegally from Tijuana, Mexico on 25 November 2018. REUTERS / Adrees Latif
A migrant belonging to a caravan of several thousand from Central America, covers his face after being hit by tear gas issued by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after some Hundreds of people have attempted to illegally enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Adrees Latif
Migrants, belonging to a caravan of thousands from Central America seeking to reach the United States, are running in search of tear gas issued by patrol boats from the US border, near the barrier between Mexico and the United States. United in Tijuana, Mexico, November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay
A migrant reacts to the tear gas discharge launched by the US Border Patrol near the Mexico-United States border in Tijuana, Mexico on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Jorge Duenes
Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands of people from Central America to travel to the United States, and journalists flee tear gas released by the US border patrol near the barrier between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Alkis Konstantinidis
Migrants, members of a caravan of thousands from Central America seeking to reach the United States, return to Mexico after being hit with tear gas by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after attempting to illegally crossing the US border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Adrees Latif
US soldiers and US border patrols shoot tear gas at migrants, part of a caravan of thousands of people from Central America to the United States on the US side of the fence between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon
Migrants and members of the media use tear gas released by a US border patrol near the Mexico-United States border in Tijuana, Mexico on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay
Migrants cover their faces in the face of tear gas launched by the US border patrol near the Mexico-United States border in Tijuana, Mexico on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay
A migrant covers his face as he runs on tear gas launched by the US Border Patrol near the Mexico-United States border in Tijuana, Mexico on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay
Migrants fired tear gas, launched by the US Border Patrol near the Mexico-United States border in Tijuana, Mexico, on November 25, 2018. REUTERS / Hannah McKay
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