It’s actually happening. Donald Trump will order the construction of his ill-conceived Mexican border wall, White House officials said Tuesday night.
More details will come Wednesday, Trump announced in a tweet … before he deleted it. Was he suddenly gripped by regret? Nope, he misspelled the word “among.”
While I was at a movie, Trump:
*Threatened martial law in Chicago
*Is expected to ban immigrants and start wall tomorrow
*Misspelled “among”— Nat Cassidy (@natcassidy) January 25, 2017
“Amoung” many other things, I am truly terrified for the people of our country- including most of those who voted for Trump.
— Dr. Jonas Chartock (@jonaschartock) January 25, 2017
Technically, “amoung” is an archaic spelling of the word “among” and Trump does have an affinity for retrograde ideas, so maybe this was on purpose.
Regardless, he then sent out the same tweet, slightly edited.
Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017
He didn’t say much else about the wall, so here is John Oliver to sum up why it’s a terrible idea.
An estimate from the analysts at AllianceBernstein put the costs of building a wall along the roughly 2,000-mile border at $25 billion.
Even if Mexico did pay for it (which seems extremely unlikely), chances are it wouldn’t work, seeing as even the conservative Cato Institute says a wall “can never stop illegal immigration.” Fun fact: Tunnels are things that exist
Trump will also reportedly announce a temporary ban on most refugees entering the country on Wednesday.
While the president can order a wall be built, any new funding for the project would still need to be approved by Congress.
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