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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants

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Any hopes that Trump’s sentiments would not extend beyond rhetoric has been dispelled in recent days. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images

When the history of Donald Trump’s second presidency is written, 26 November 2025 may well go down as a particular landmark.

On the eve of Thanksgiving, a lone gunman shot two West Virginia national guards, Sarah Beckstrom, and Andrew Wolfe, as they were on patrol outside Washington DC’s Farragut West metro station, a short walk from the White House – and thereby opened the floodgates to a wave of racist and anti-immigrant invective that seemed extreme even for Trump.

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