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David Frum, conservative, speech-writer for George W Bush, writes:
There is a real immigration problem on the border. Central American migrants have figured out that by showing up at the border in family units, they will be admitted into the country pending the adjudication of an asylum claim. The asylum system is overwhelmed, adjudications take months or years—and long before then, the would-be migrants can vanish into the U.S. labor market. Few Central Americans prevail in their asylum claims. Almost all end up staying, anyway.
The solution to that problem is not a lengthy process of design, tendering, land expropriation, grading, and construction. The solution is to get more adjudicators into the asylum system now. If cases are resolved fast, and border-crossers removed promptly, the surge of asylum seekers will abate, as it abated in 2015 after the Barack Obama administration cracked down on the 2014 Central American border surge.
But Trump has never wanted a solution. He has wanted a divisive issue and a personal monument.
- and there we have it.fadein11
- Trump is like a dog chasing a car. It's instinct without reason. He just loves having his name on big things. He's been chasing that passion his entire life.nb
- That's why he has his name on so many buildings that he didn't even build. He cares more about glory than solving problems, even if it's fake glory.nb
- how long will it take him to realise it isn't going to happen?fadein11
- Meanwhile, 20% of the country is shouting "Walls work" or "walls don't work" at each other while 800k countrymen work unpaid.nb
- No matter where you sit politically, it is simply impossible to ignore the fact that Trump is shit at being a leader. Just total shit.nb
- Yet far too many choose to actively ignore it quite easily.monospaced
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A week ago I asked the Trump supporters if they would like to make an argument for Trump's $5B tax hike for the wall.
The only response was from robotron3k – who made no argument – rather choosing to imply that he is entertained by the whole disaster, comparing it to a TV series, thereby mocking the plight of his fellow Americans. Then he went on posting over and over for days about how "walls work".
It's pretty embarrassing how low you have to be support Trump at this point. Robo will probably try to laugh it off or change the subject, but the truth is, he's just like the other cowards on the right. No spine, no good arguments, nothing of substance. Just "walls work", over and over. As if that were somehow relevant to the $5B tax grab for Trump's monument.
- robo's distancing himself from Trump now, apparently it was a 2 year mission to wind mono up.fadein11
- Oh yeah? Well, that doesn't make him any less of a piece of shit, really.nb
- nope.fadein11
- Since there are many easily accessible points along the border, seems like it would make sense every 100 years or so to put money towards they upkeep and repairrobotron3k
- Agents "caught" 23k coming over the southern border in Nov 2018 and there are only 20k total border agents, Mexico is the new Calais...robotron3k
- nb, is there a politician you support that has pushed a better border solution? Or even one that has addressed the issue at all even...??robotron3k
- @robo, see below.fadein11
- “Anti-intellectualis... has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means thatzaq
- 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimovzaq
- utopian4
#MAGA LOL
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All these people so worked up about the wall and they live in a place like Kansas.
- Bit of a flawed argument. Should anyone who doesn't live by the sea not give a fuck about plastic in the ocean?Hayzilla
- I’m not so sure. Plastic in the ocean is a real problem. Mexicans walking over the border isn’t really one, and certainly not for people in a Kansas.monospaced
- I see your point, however many migrant workers make their way to farming communities like those in Kansas.bezoar
- The farmers of the midwest are landlocked and very protective and perhaps even paranoid of any threat to their way of life.bezoar
- ironic that the farmers need the help of migrant workers though. I dunno. i've been trying to understand the ignorance my entire life.bezoar
- so ... migrant workers, who want nothing more in life than to work hard and pay taxes in the US, as legit citizens, who do the hard work are a PROBLEM???monospaced
- My point is, they aren't a problem. The problem is the citizenship process which keeps these people "illegal" when they shouldn't be.monospaced
- I don't think anyone in Kansas is saying that migrant mexicans doing field work for less than minimum wage are a significant problem at all.monospaced
- mono, i agree.
freedom, are you referring to something specific to KS? Apparently the concern is nationwide.bezoar
- dbloc0
A 1950s-era sitcom features a man named Trump who tried to convince people to build a wall in Texas
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- is there even a reason to look into his past statements anymore? i think it's clear that he'll say anything for attention.renderedred
- #MAGA ALERT!utopian
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- so truemonospaced
- hacked account?zaq
- LOL!********
- https://www.youtube.…Gardener
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- zaq0
Google search for "Russian agent"
https://www.google.com/search?q=…- ... idiot too
#maganbq - No wonder, this is starting to make sense and why he changed the color of the Republican party to red!!!robotron3k
- are you trying to joke? so weirdmonospaced
- ... idiot too
- Ramanisky22
Win a National Championship get cold fast food.
Ahhh he’s just a man of the people.- look at all those smiling fuck boi'sinteliboy
- #MAGA CLASSutopian
- Not a bad idea considering not kitchen staff on duty.wagshaft
- Be Best NutritionKrassy
- Not a bad idea? I guess if you're a 7 year old.monospaced
- oh monowagshaft
- what? how is serving the lowest quality food fitting for this situation? who s aid the kitchen staff isn't on duty?monospaced
- Ramanisky23
- straight to here
https://pixel.nymag.…zaq - ...then here
https://i.imgur.com/…PonyBoy - Legend!robotron3k
- #OnlyTheBestutopian
- Starts off by saying he paid for 300 burgers. Then later says he paid for 1,000 burgers. Fucken pathological liar even with shit like this.BusterBoy
- Taxpayers paid for the junk food not Trump, what a fucktard. Monies came out of the Whitehouse expense allowance.utopian
- lincoln in the back thinking 'jesus fucking christ'colin_s
- breakfast?Fax_Benson
- This is fucking hilarious. I bet this is him thinking he's "making adjustments"lowimpakt
- McD's burgers can be ok, as long as they're eaten within about 30 seconds of being prepared, after which they taste like cardboard dog shit.Nairn
- ...I can't imagine how long these have been sat around, so how terrible they must taste, and how sickly that place must stinkNairn
- But hey, he's showing his class.Nairn
- like a reverse jesusFax_Benson
- I mean, this is what it's come to, fast food served on the the silver flatware - seems like a metaphor.ben_
- Be Best NutritionKrassy
- @ben_ absolutely ... it's the metaphor for Trump himself. A shit, commercialized, pathetic version of something, desperately out of place among a classy settingmonospaced
- I knew it. I knew that fucking bright flash of light was significant. I'm in a different dimension now, and it's pretty fucking entertaining. Scary, but funny.********
- @Mono - It's like a hybrid of postmodern and flea market art. Every one of these weird photos says so much, in such a cheap, shitty way.ben_
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- lowimpakt0
Let Them Eat Nuggets
