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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay, seriously, why so much talk about the wall instead of about immigration issues?
We hear about the wall all the time, but not so much about problems with people and drugs entering illegally. Congress is trying to pass some bills, but the overall commentary --everywhere -- is about the wall.
The wall isn't an end in itself (okay, okay, it is to some people). It's a means to an end: a solution to a problem. So why do we (as in people in the US and the media) keep focusing on this one solution instead of on the problem? Is it just easier to talk about? I'm just fascinated by how easily some discussions get sidetracked.
LexVegas
(6,121 posts)spanone
(135,950 posts)which he obviously doesn't
EarlG
(21,998 posts)As Mr. Trump began exploring a presidential run in 2014, his political advisers landed on the idea of a border wall as a mnemonic device of sorts, a way to make sure their candidate who hated reading from a script but loved boasting about himself and his talents as a builder would remember to talk about getting tough on immigration, which was to be a signature issue in his nascent campaign.
How do we get him to continue to talk about immigration? Sam Nunberg, one of Mr. Trumps early political advisers, recalled telling Roger J. Stone Jr., another adviser. Were going to get him to talk about hes going to build a wall.
Talk Mr. Trump did, and the line drew rapturous cheers from conservative audiences, thrilling the candidate and soon becoming a staple of campaign speeches. Chants of Build the wall! echoed through arenas throughout the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/us/politics/donald-trump-border-wall.html
Demit
(11,238 posts)grumpyduck
(6,294 posts)grumpyduck
(6,294 posts)that's just putting the attention on T instead of on where it belongs.
Oh, wait, yeah, he wants the attention.
awesomerwb1
(4,270 posts)It's just something the trump criminal team has used very effectively to motivate trump's base and "justify" demonizing and blaming immigrants for everything that ails the country.
Most drugs come through ports of entry. Most people who become undocumented overstay their visas after coming in through points of entry.
A wall is not "solution".
grumpyduck
(6,294 posts)Okay, I can buy that.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Immigration is relatively stable, stopping drugs at the border never has, and never will work. Immigration issues are mostly about people thinking they are entitled IMHO.
ansible
(1,718 posts)It's what he shilled for the most during the elections and it's success or failure will be the biggest factor for 2020.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)Easy to pronounce, one syllable, only four letters and and a simple concept. That all makes it easy for him to remember and yammer on about.