President Trump, this type of statement is beneath your intelligence.

The Democrats could solve the Shutdown problem in a very short period of time. All they have to do is approve REAL Border Security (including a Wall), something which everyone, other than drug dealers, human traffickers and criminals, want very badly! This would be so easy to do!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2019

It's my impression that most of the migrants from Latin America feel disempowered in their home countries and don't know what else to do. When you lump them all together and verbally attack them, you are giving fodder to those of your political opponents who want to portray you as being an evil despot who has no empathy for people in distress. Also, eventually even your most zealous supporters will have a visceral reaction to your making government employees work without pay, especially because you were already independently wealthy before you were elected. Fundamentally, no matter what political or other affiliation people have, the most respected leaders are always those who don't ask others to do what they wouldn't do or are in no danger of having to do.