Originally Posted by
PTravel
"What happens if I pick a fight with a CBP officer?" is not a simple question, and that is what is being asked here.
I don't think that's what's being asked. The question was "What do I have to say?" And the answers have ranged from [to paraphrase] "Citizenship & nothing else" to "Grovel in the hope they don't decide to kill you & then cover it up."
For the vast majority of interactions it will be somewhere in between & it's up to the individual to decide what/how they deal with it.