‘Biden Didn’t Do It’: Why Did Bernie Sanders Praise Trump?

Senator Bernie Sanders has praised US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, saying Trump “did a better job” of securing the US border than former President Joe Biden. Speaking on The Tim Dillon Show, Sanders said, “So long as we have nation-states, you’ve got to have borders. If you don’t have any borders, then you don’t have a nation.”The Vermont independent added, “I don’t like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border, and it ain’t that hard to do.” Sanders criticized both Biden and past administrations for failing to enforce immigration laws, saying the U.S. has “the technology and manpower” to secure the border but lacks the political will.The senator’s comments come as he promotes his new book Fight Oligarchy. During the interview, he said Biden’s border handling “was not good” and that the administration had failed to manage the surge in illegal crossings. US Customs and Border Protection reported 2.47 million migrant encounters in 2023, the highest on record, compared to about 458,000 in Trump’s final year in office.During his 2020 presidential campaign, he dismissed the idea of a border crisis and accused Trump of “demonizing immigrants.”