Apparent Trump supporters say Great Wall of China is proof 'walls work' - it backfires tremendously

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A photograph of what appears to be two Trump supporters standing on the Great Wall of China with a sign reading 'walls work' has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.  Taking to Twitter, user

A photograph of what appears to be two Trump supporters standing on the Great Wall of China with a sign reading 'walls work' has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

 

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EJ_LiveWithLove 'During the age of Genghis Khan, the wall had fallen into disrepair. Large parts were either no longer being used or maintained, and there was famously a huge gap in the center of the wall, in inner Mongolia, ..'

Glad you said apparent 😬

Is, er, the invasion of Jin China by the Mongols (with 20-60 million dead) necessarily a good historical analogy here? It invites the question 'if China had strategic bombers and nuclear weapons, what should have they have done?'

Apparently

It’s not about building, it was timing(*thousands years ago).

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