President Trump: The media and our friends in the Democratic Party kept saying we needed new legislation to secure the border. But it turns out all we really needed was a new President
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 5, 2025
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Trump trolls Dems: Didn’t need legislation to control border–just needed HIM
During his address to the joint session of Congress,
President Donald Trump directly challenged Democrats on border security, declaring, “You didn’t need legislation to secure the border—you just needed a new president.”
This statement came as he touted a significant drop in illegal border crossings since his January 20, 2025, inauguration, attributing it to executive actions like suspending asylum processes and imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China to curb migration incentives.
Trump aimed this barb at Democrats, who had pushed for legislative solutions during his first term and Biden’s tenure, suggesting his leadership alone had reversed what he called their “open border” policies.