President Trump dismissed a report that said he proposed putting alligators or snakes in a moat and that he wanted the border wall to be electrified with sharp spikes to deter undocumented immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as “fake news.”

Trump, however, did not deny that he asked border officials to shoot migrants in the legs, as reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.

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