Trump's demonisation of the migrant caravan is nothing more than a cynical ploy for votes- But it's working

"a surprise" / Trump actions

Humanity/ peace and stability for election compaigns

infamous pledge: useless wall

trump was encouraging the caravan

american troops: don't get in to the usa

Trump : lending it some credibility

making its way steadily up LA towards the USA

Trump's other woes:

trade war with China

created his own "fake news"

collusion with Russia

Usa are more important issues than refugees.

incendiary language

Divisive

Higher up the news agendas

abolishing "birthright" citizenship

USA constitution :" all persons born on naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen of the United States"

Trump doesn't care

"dead cat" political tactics

Tweets

Don't care of the migrants

Some marginal short-run voter advantage

high-profil clash: lead to loss of life/ diplomatic incident

nonexistent threat: the episode will not end well.