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2. Better yet, scrap the entire detestable project altogether.

Reply to slater71 (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:40 AM

Dec 2018

Not a damn cent should go to anything so utterly useless and wasteful. It’s all based on xenophobia cranked up to a psychotic pitch, as befits the Fox-News-whites-only view of the world around us.

If built, Trump’s wall would be as effective at halting immigrants as France’s Maginot Line was in stopping Germany in 1940. It would only be a costly testament to Trump’s delusional worldview.

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Trump wants 5.1 billion for the wall. Take it from the defense budget. [View all] slater71 Dec 2018 OP

No. PJMcK Dec 2018 #1

This. Why do we even deign to discuss it? It's still patently absurd. Squinch Dec 2018 #5

Better yet, scrap the entire detestable project altogether. VOX Dec 2018 #2

Just yesterday, leftynyc Dec 2018 #3

He can discuss it with Mexico- they're paying for it YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #4

Screw that. Mexico is paying for it. Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #6

Take it from nowhere. jmowreader Dec 2018 #7

The Trump Organization should build it and bill Mexico dalton99a Dec 2018 #8

He just wants a 5 billion dollar bone to throw to his base Elwood P Dowd Dec 2018 #9