Trump is in full retreat. Now we can see it was a self-made crisis all along - The Washington Post: Opinion

President Trump started the border-crisis fiasco with the decision to arrest and criminally prosecute people who crossed the border illegally, even those prepared to show that they legally qualify for asylum. “Zero tolerance” is a misnomer. In the past, these people were subject to civil proceedings and deportation; Trump decided to lock them up. We don’t tolerate speeding, jaywalking or drinking alcohol from an open container in public, but we do not lock up everyone who commits one of these infractions in the name of “zero tolerance.”...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/26/trump-is-in-full-retreat-now-we-can-see-it-was-a-trump-made-crisis-all-along/