Forget the terrible conditions in border migrant camps – Trump's only eyes for 2020

Normally, when the United Nations or Pope Francis speaks, the government they are addressing wants to at least recognize them or at least act as if they were paying attention.

On Monday, the pontiff said that "no one was exempted" from helping migrants, obliquely scolding Washington and Rome for their cruel disregard for the "weakest and most vulnerable". The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, went even further by stating that keeping children in overcrowded camps had left her "deeply shocked".

Maybe Donald Trump is just used to that. From travel bans to its treatment and demonization of immigrants, the UN and Pope Francis gave numerous lectures to the US President.

While images of dead fathers and children crossing the US border and filled with crowded, dirty facilities tear the hearts of everyone who has one, the situation is not new.

Overcrowding has been a problem for months. In fact, border arrests have dropped by 31% between May and June and the number of migrants retained by US border patrols down 40% since the end of May, according to preliminary data from the US Department of Security (DHS), is less of a problem now.

This does not excuse the treatment of those at the border, a DHS report obtained by NBC News last week stating that a border station in El Paso, Texas had four showers for 756 immigrants and that his cells had more than five times their official capacity. . It's a journalist job to hold those responsible to account, but all that Mr. Trump sees is political gain.

Sunday, the President tweeted that The New York Times and others were spreading "fake" stories about border conditions and accusing Democrats of being the ones who delayed immigration reform.

With the presidential election of 2020, Trump knows how to appeal to his base. Appear harshly on immigration and crime and blame "weak" democrats for all the problems. Blame the Democrats and claim that the problem is an exaggerated job? This will seem like Trump who is not opposed to sending conflicting messages.

Trump says he was falsely accused of "fabricating" the border crisis – but that distorts the truth. Nobody denied the existence of a problem, but critics have placed Mr. Trump at the center of his concerns. Democrats pointed out that illegal immigration at the border was down and did not take into account all the migrants heading for the United States. It is Trump's crackdown upon his entry into the United States and the now-disappeared policy of separation of children from parents that has exacerbated the flight of refugees and migrants seeking to flee violence and poverty in Central America .

Democrats also play political football, with a number of candidates from 2020 candidates going on the scene and blaming the president.

While both parties are beating – or even on their own – bipartisan efforts such as the adoption of a $ 4.6 billion aid bill (£ 3.7 billion) for the border are lost in the noise.

It is this type of action that matters, even though few Democrats in the House are unhappy with the few changes that they could make to the bill.

But it's Trump's swagger that will be heard the loudest. It does not matter what the Democrats say, the UN or Pope Francis.

As long as Trump will have to blame someone and that he knows that he will gain capital with his supporters, speed is not essential. The crisis will be treated because Trump will want to claim victory – but expect to see more photos of dirty immigration centers in the near future.