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Donald J. Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” isn’t going to be built anytime soon. If ever.<\/p>\n

The wall is supposed to stretch along the United States’ southern border. The president vowed — loudly<\/em>, in fact — that the wall would be among his first priorities during his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n

Well, the wall became part of the debate over how to avoid a government shutdown, that was reported to occur on Friday, on Day 99 of Trump’s term in office.<\/p>\n

Congressional Republicans have pulled the wall out of the budget negotiation. Trump’s wall has been put on ice once again.<\/p>\n

What is making me shake my head is the argument over the cost of the boondoggle. The president insists it won’t cost more than $10 billion. Congressional budget estimates put the cost at $25 billion-plus. Trump wanted a fraction of that amount included in this budget proposal; he won’t get even that.<\/p>\n

Here’s where it gets real confusing: The cost disparity appears to center on the nature of the wall. Is it a real wall, concrete, rebar, razor wire and all that? Is it just a fence? Is it some kind of “cyber” wall with computer-operated cameras scanning the landscape?<\/p>\n

Trump keeps talking as though it’s the real thing — the concrete\/rebar\/razor wire kind. It’s going to be sunk deeply into the soil along our border with Mexico. It keeps getting higher every time a critic in Mexico lambastes the president.<\/p>\n

And speaking of Mexico, didn’t the president insist on the stump this past year that “Mexico is going to pay for the wall”? Well, they aren’t. We cannot make a sovereign nation do anything against its will — short of invading it and occupying it. <\/em><\/p>\n

No the money is going to come out of our pockets. Yours and mine. Are you ready to pay for a wall that won’t work? Me neither.<\/p>\n

We are witnessing the mother of all cluster f****, dear reader.<\/p>\n

The wall is crumbling before it’s being built.<\/p>\n

Do I favor an open border that allows bad guys to sneak into this country? Of course not! A wall is not the answer. And I haven’t even addressed in this blog post the logistics<\/em> of building such a structure along thousands of miles.<\/p>\n

I am willing to support strict enforcement at entry points all along both of our borders to ensure we keep criminals out of the country.<\/p>\n

Good grief, man. If money is an issue, then spend it on beefing up existing border enforcement policies.<\/p>\n\n

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