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    Trump Calls For Military Forces On U.S.-Mexico Border

    President Trump says he's been talking with Defense Secretary James Mattis about using military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.
    by Scott Horsley Apr 03, 2018 2 minutes
    Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.

    Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET

    President Trump says he wants to use military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico. He made the suggestion Tuesday during a White House summit meeting with Baltic leaders.

    Trump also renewed his call for a quick withdrawal of U.S.

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