He was referring to specifically MS-13 gang members, a phenomenon that ironically originated in California but became a machismo thing in MX and Central America. And he was referring to individuals who had committed heinous crimes and also just happened to have body art that proclaimed their involvement in these gangs. It is something no public figure of any party would refrain from noticing. So a bunch of deceitful journalists got together and decided to "pretend" ignorance of the context and generalize his remarks. Trump correctly and righteously declared the MS-13 violent criminals were "animals". They pretended that he had declared it about migrants in general and clipped him saying "animals" with little surrounding context. Find the whole section of speech and see if he really said anything you'd disagree with.
Nowhere does he mention MS-13 by name or even hint at them. Just an awkward transition from Japanese cars and Chevrolets to Mexico sending criminals across the border.
> Here's the full transcript of that speech [...] Nowhere does he mention MS-13 by name or even hint at them.
He doesn't mention "animals" in that one either. The "animals" thing resulted from queries to Trump over his policy to deport violent criminals. This video contains 3 clips:
0-0:17 , a clip from a deceptively edited video presentation at the 2020 Democratic Convention where a young girl alleges she is "an orphan because of you" and Trump's only response is to scream "They're animals!"
0:17-0:37 , from a press conference. Animals refers to MS-13 who have committed violent crimes.
0:37-1:04 , from a rally: "So Bob Casey, doesn't mind MS-13 coming in. These are the 'slicers' [slicing gesture], they slice people up and they're... and you remember I told them 'animal' and Nancy Pelosi scolded me. 'How DARE he call another human being an animal.' They're animals!"
So that is the clip the DNC used. I wonder if they told the little girl that Trump was referring to people who stab and cut others. Or just her parents.
