Trump Becomes the Very Thing He Swore to Destroy. And It Might Cost Us Our Country.

August 27, 2026

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The Betrayal at the Heart of the Second Trump Term

On August 31, 2016, Donald Trump stood before a crowd and said something that would define his political career: "The fundamental problem with the immigration system in our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activists, and powerful politicians. Let me tell you who it does not serve. It does not serve you the American people." Ten years later, that promise—the single issue that vaulted Trump from failed casino magnate to presidential nominee—has been abandoned, according to former Border Patrol chief Greg Vivino, who spent 30 years in the agency and was fired after carrying out the very enforcement campaign Trump voters thought they had elected.

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1 Trump Becomes the Very Thing He Swore to Destroy. And It Might Cost Us Our Country.
2 The Tucker Carlson Show
3 (00:00) **Opening: The Trump Voter Dilemma** - Tucker describes the conflicted psychology of Trump voters who are unwilling to admit their vote is failing
4 (03:23) **Why Trump Won: Immigration as the Core Issue** - Tucker traces how immigration opposition vaulted Trump from failed casino magnate to presidential nominee
5 (05:55) **Trump's Own Words: The 2016 Immigration Promises** - Archival clips show Trump promising mass deportation and border enforcement
6 (13:05) **The 2024 Campaign: Eating Pets and the Truth Behind It** - Trump's Springfield, Ohio comments about Haitians eating pets are analyzed as both political tactic and genuine truth-telling
7 (20:04) **The Betrayal: Who Trump Hired to Run Immigration** - Tucker introduces Greg Vivino and reveals that Trump appointed Mark Wayne Mullen, one of the most pro-illegal-immigration Republicans in the Senate

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Show Notes

There are more than 100 million illegal aliens living in the United States. Donald Trump has no intention of deporting them. Greg Bovino ran the Border Patrol until earlier this year, and saw the betrayal firsthand. Now he says the administration is threatening his life.

Gregory K. Bovino is a retired U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and former Commander at Large, where he led major immigration enforcement operations across the country. A nearly 30-year Border Patrol veteran, he previously commanded the El Centro Sector in California and held senior leadership posts in Washington, D.C., San Diego, and New Orleans. He holds master’s degrees in National Security Strategy and Public Administration.
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