Donald Trump
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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.********
- 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.********
- 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.********
- 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.********
- Yet far too many choose to actively ignore it quite easily.monospaced