{"id":16876,"date":"2016-08-31T03:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16876"},"modified":"2016-08-31T03:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:08:55","slug":"build-a-wall-along-a-river-how-do-you-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16876","title":{"rendered":"Build a wall along a river? How do you do that?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/border-wall1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16878\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/border-wall1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"border-wall1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/border-wall1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/border-wall1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My friend Rick has asked a\u00a0perfectly reasonable\u00a0question regarding the wall that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants to build along our nation&#8217;s southern border.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s he going to do that, Rick asks, along the Rio Grande River, which comprises the entire border between Texas and Mexico?<\/p>\n<p>He points out three obstacles facing Trump&#8217;s plan to build that wall:<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Does he build the wall on the Texas side of the river, denying Texans access to the river?<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Does the wall go up in the middle of the river?<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Finally, does Trump propose to build the wall on the Mexican side of the river, in territory governed by another sovereign nation?<\/p>\n<p>Trump is going to Mexico City on Wednesday to meet with Mexico&#8217;s president.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s got some serious fence-mending ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>If he&#8217;s willing to apologize for all the insults he has hurled at Mexican citizens &#8212; and remember, he says he <em>never apologizes<\/em> &#8212; then he&#8217;s got to figure out a way to explain to his hosts how he intends to make Mexico pay for the wall.<\/p>\n<p>I believe I&#8217;ve heard the Mexicans say there&#8217;s no way on God&#8217;s Earth that they&#8217;re going to foot the bill for the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Travel safely, Donald.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Rick has asked a\u00a0perfectly reasonable\u00a0question regarding the wall that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants to build along our nation&#8217;s southern border. 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