As candidates made their closing arguments, President Trump continued to rail against a caravan of Central American migrants crossing Mexico in order to seek political asylum in the U.S. On Friday, the first of thousands of active-duty U.S. soldiers arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, where they installed coils of razor wire on a riverbank and bridge. This is Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Montana on Saturday.

President Donald Trump: “We have our military now on the border. And I noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. It was a—barb wire, used properly, can be a beautiful sight.”

CNN reports Pentagon leaders rebuffed an order by Trump to have the military act as law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. Such a move would violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars soldiers from taking on a domestic police role.