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From: Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
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Subject: the border wall, symbolic ineptitude
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:36:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-29, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>> One of Donald Trump’s most significant policy proposals revolves
>>> around immigration reform, which includes the construction of a wall
>>> along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump has consistently advocated for
>>> stricter immigration policies, including increased funding for
>>> ...

>> I don't think he's capable of it, and his wall was a collossal,
>> fucking joke.  But what the hell, I too want secure borders and the
>> restoration of this country's ability to control who gets in.
 
> The wall was a symbol. It never had anything to do with reality. The
> question you must ask yourself, will Camela be more likely to succeed
> with stopping immigration? I don't think so.

Ha ha ha, beautiful revisionist history, so typical.  If that's what
helps team Cheeto sleep at night, enjoy it.  But it was absolutely not a
joke back in the day.

I'd concede it's hugely symbolic now though: expensive, incomplete,
poorly thought out, a total waste of taxpayer dollars, got Bannon thrown
in jail for grifting, and never kept one single immigrant out.  

It's a symbol now for sure.