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The White House and the Caravan

Calvin Trillin

November 8, 2018

A new group of Central American migrants wade in mass across the Suchiate River, that connects Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, October 29, 2018. (AP Photo / Santiago Billy)

Invasion by tired and poor but not white! We’ll stop them, Trump tells us, of that there’s no doubt. The troops have been sent. Will the Air Force be next? And nuclear weapons—have they been ruled out?

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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