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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps Wall and Brexit. Same Deranged Shit and Vanity Everyday.
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My mentions have taught me that Brexit is like Trumps wall. For its devoted fans it has a symbolic value totally unrelated to its workability, its true cost or the glaring self-interest of its proposers, whereas non-believers see nothing but a deranged and costly vanity project.
We need to take back control - and not in a Brexity way
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Trumps Wall and Brexit. Same Deranged Shit and Vanity Everyday. (Original Post)
Soph0571
Dec 2018
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Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)1. that needs to go in a time capsule somewhere.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. To be opened in 2020?
Trump is delusional of he thinks that Robert Mueller is paying any attention to this.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)3. trump n brexit are far more reaching than 2020.
an offensive has been launched, and needs to be returned in kind.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. Both are symptomatic of a toxic tribalism.
A heavy portion of xenophobia to unite the citizens against the dangerous other.