Posted on 12/17/2018 2:53:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The wall. Say those words and you need say no more. There is only one wall on America’s mind.
It was even the protagonist in a White House reality show. The TV ratings were boffo!
Candidate Donald Trump vowed to build the wall on the Mexican border if elected, and has had only minimal success. The migrant caravans from Central America refocused attention on its absence at key crossing points.
But the wall has grown into something larger than itself. It is the ultimate symbol of Trumpism to both supporters and opponents.
To supporters, the wall, combined with better trade deals, is synonymous with America First. The promise to build barriers for much of the 2,000-mile border is key to Trump’s plan to end decades of mass entry by illegal immigrants, some of them violent, and stem the flow of narcotics.
The president believes national security is not possible without border security and border security is not possible without the wall. History says he’s right, though legal changes also are needed.
To Democrats, the wall symbolizes an anti-immigrant agenda that some call racist. Nancy Pelosi calls the wall “immoral,” even though walls already exist at various points along the border.
Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was in the Senate, supported walls and backed expansion as part of a large immigration package, but the open-border movement is surging in Pelosi’s party. Besides, with Dems taking the House and prosecutors determined to nail Trump, the growing impeachment movement won’t allow the president any policy victory.
Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are thus adamant that additions to the wall aren’t necessary and offer their support for just $1.4 billion in government funds for maintenance and added security....
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Savage wants to have Wall Bonds like War Bonds during WWII
Think about that for a minute. 15 thousand million.
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