Calls border crisis a "horrible mess" caused by an "incompetent president"

As unaccompanied children overwhelmed U.S. facilities, Trump tweeted that the immigration crisis was "a horrible mess made worse by an incompetent president who doesn't have a clue" and demanded "new leadership FAST," using the humanitarian emergency to attack Barack Obama rather than address root causes.

"The immigration crisis is a horrible mess made worse by an incompetent president who doesn't have a clue." — Tweet during the 2014 child-migrant surge