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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: A Dead Border Deal Led to a Trump-Biden Border Duel [Watch (HLS stream): A Dead Border Deal Led to a Trump-Biden Border Duel](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pQqEd215.m3u8) (4:31)  _Published 2024-03-01. When Donald Trump stepped off his plane and onto the Texas tarmac, he approached a pool of reporters awaiting his arrival. “Nice weather. A very beautiful day,” he said. “But a very dangerous border. We’re gonna take care of it.” The former President’s trip to the southern border was more than one of his trademark spectacles; it was designed to highlight a signature campaign theme as he transitions toward the general election._ --- Mar 4, 2024 3:14 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Trump Boasted That His Border Wall Was 'Virtually Impenetrable'](/video/Cv7ubfVY/) ### Trump Boasted That His Border Wall Was 'Virtually Impenetrable' [President Trump Says He's Not 'Thrilled' About New Border Security Deal](/video/zWbib2OM/) ### President Trump Says He's Not 'Thrilled' About New Border Security Deal [Here Are the Facts Behind President Trump's Border Claims](/video/R4ZMT5Vb/) ### Here Are the Facts Behind President Trump's Border Claims --- ## Transcript Contacts long past time to act. I just received a briefing from the border patrol at the border as well as immigration enforcement Asylum Office and they're all doing incredible work under really tough conditions or a tough cuz you they told me what they say what you already know and we already know they desperately need more resources. Say it again, they desperately need more resources three more agents more officers more judges more equipment in order to secure our border folks. It's time for us to move on this. We can't wait any longer I didn't get I didn't get everything. I want to not compromise bipartisan bill to me than anybody else compromise is part of the process. That's how democracy works that's how supposed to work compromise is a very positive step on the critical issue for the country all those issues for the country. The folks here in Brownsville on all along the border know that we need to have their backs your backs. I want the people to understand clearly what happened to you. This bill was in the United States Senate was on its way to be past then it was derailed by rank-and-file Paula to rent a partisan politics US Senate needs to reconsider this bill and those Senators who opposed it need to set politics aside and pass it on a marriage not an weather is going to benefit one party or benefit the other party about were there benefits the American people. 40 - dessert understand my predecessors in Eagle Pass today. So here's what I would say to mr. Trump shut up land policy issue instead of telling members of Congress to block this other station. Join me. I'll join you and telling the Congress to pass his bipartisan border security bill we can do it together, you know, and I know it's the toughest most efficient most effective border security bill is country has ever seen so instead of playing politics with the issue. Why don't we just get together and get it done? Just remember who the heck you work for we work for the American people not the Democratic party the Republican party. We work for the American people unless you remember who we are with United States of America. I mean, just think about it. There's nothing nothing beyond our capacity nothing when we work together. Spoke to the parents of an incredible young lady and you you saw her the other day you saw what happened the other day in Georgia and the parents are devastated incredible people. But this is a Joe Biden Invasion. This is a viking Invasion over the past three years. I called him crooked you up because he's crooked. He's a terrible President and Vice President are countries ever had and probably the most incompetent president we've ever had but it's allowing thousands and thousands of people to come in from China and Iran Yemen the Congo Syria and a lot of other nations many nations are not very friendly to is he's transported the entire Columns of fighting age men and they're all at a certain age and you look at him. I said they do they look like Warriors to me something's going on. It's bad because you do is the blood of countless innocent victims. It's so many stories to tell so many horrible stories three years ago. We had the most secure border and his Brandon was saying at the general was saying it we had the most secure border and people aren't coming because they knew they weren't going to get in there with the safest Border in the history of our country. And now outside of this area where Texas is done an amazing job and it a pretty short. Of time. They're going to have it all covered. They have just been incredible what they the operation that they showed me is nothing less than incredible and I'll say this it's a military operation me. We have a millet this like a war what I hear is going to be not going to be later and he's taken that step and a lot of people are calling me then. It probably take for that particular job. Would you like to be the leader? I think I might have I might have to choose this guy. I'd rather be doing. Well. I want to keep you in Texas now. It's that people were surprised by it, but it's going to be it's all going to work out. I'm going to end up with a great leader. Well, I can't say that a lot of good choices, but I can say that thank you very much. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Dead Border Deal Led to a Trump-Biden Border Duel","description":"When Donald Trump stepped off his plane and onto the Texas tarmac, he approached a pool of reporters awaiting his arrival. “Nice weather. 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