03-06-2020, 00:30
(02-06-2020, 23:37)0762 Wrote: Re rarely delivering what he promises, "Is he ever gonna build that wall" (another good "sales pitch" that he was never gonna get the capital to achieve) lol!!?
The wall story was a good one from him!! I live about an hour or so from the Mexican border in California and I can tell you before he came to power there was already a barrier between the US and Mexico across the vast majority of the border, through CA, into Arizona and New Mexico. The only real stretch without a barrier is where the Rio Grande forms the actual border, and there aren't many people crossing there!! The vast majority of immigrants come into the country via an official port of entry, with airports being the biggest chunk of that!!!
But like most fascists, it was all about his attempt to isolate immigrants, and in particular Mexicans as a common enemy that his base could blame everything on!! Its a classic tactic by the right.