Trump Is Rushing to Make His Border Wall Look Like a Success Before November

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Any progress made on the border wall testifies to how seamlessly racist rhetoric can facilitate racist policy. zakcheneyrice writes

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A segment of the border barrier that covers parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images Before Donald Trump announced his ultimately successful run for president in 2015, he was a blowhard real-estate magnate turned reality-TV host who couldn’t remember basic talking points about his own nascent campaign.

Then the device took on a life of its own. At Trump’s campaign rallies, “Build the wall” became a rallying cry, uniting his followers behind what many no doubt saw as a literal campaign promise despite its roots as a memory trick. Hardly one to reject popularity, Trump responded by making a nearly 2,000-mile concrete barrier spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border into a pillar of his national security platform.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Trump plans to divert $7.2 billion more, bringing the total cost of the wall up to $18.4 billion and counting.

There’s plenty to ridicule about the president’s mad dash to produce results on a project that exists largely because he couldn’t remember what to say on the stump. He’s already had to downgrade his supporters’ expectations several times.

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zakcheneyrice The real danger is the term racist has lost all meaning, because people use it so often now because they are upset they lost the election. TDS

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