"To give Trump some benefit of a doubt, I believe he is using these kids as a hammer to convince congress to pass his "wall" legislation."

I just want to take this part out of this statement:

"using these kids"

Yes, he is using them, intentionally abusing them, doing likely permanent damage to them, and has/had no care about nor intent to return them to their parents as punishment and a deterrent. And he wanted this to be seen by this country and the world.

And he counts on his "base" also wanting to and getting a thrill out of abuse of these children so they will excitedly support him and his hideous policy. This is Trump's "strong man" stance..."I will abuse babies and toddlers to get my wall."

These are sick and vile people. Jeff Sessions could barely contain his excitement when quoting god to justify abusing kids. He loved it. Trump and he when they created the policy with that pile of crap Stephen Miller loved it. It was actually exciting to these scumbags that they were not only going to get to abuse children but also they were reveling in the rush of power they felt that they could get their supporters to cheer for abusing children as well.

It is one thing to abuse a child...these men truly enjoy that...but the real power rush, the incredible thrill, comes when you can get your supporters to cheer you on while you do it. That's power and that is better than a bowl full of Viagra and a porn star to these filthy bastards.

This is hands down, one of the lowest moments we have ever had in this country.