{"id":40278,"date":"2019-01-16T13:36:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40278"},"modified":"2019-01-16T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:56:11","slug":"donald-trump-and-fox-news-advocate-for-a-global-prison-like-walls-around-the-world-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40278","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump and Fox News Advocate for a Global Prison-Like “Walls Around the World” Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the twenty-sixth day of the Trump Shutdown, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans continue to refuse to allow the government to reopen and let hundreds of thousands of Americans return to work. Speaker Nancy Pelosi advised the White House<\/a><\/strong> that there will be no State of the Union address on Capitol Hill as long as the Secret Service is hamstrung by the shutdown and working without pay. And the every poll shows that voters are staunchly opposed to Trump<\/a><\/strong> and his stonewalling on the matter.<\/p>\n

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So naturally Fox News has leaped to the rescue of their president with a brand new line of attack that blazes new trails of absurdity while obliterating any semblance of logic. On Tuesday’s episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight (video below), the Fox Business host (and undisputed “Most Deranged Host on Fox”<\/em><\/a><\/strong>) sought to shore up Trump’s argument for his idiotic vanity wall with statistics that were unattributed to any source. Dobbs asserted that there have been “at least 77 barriers built across the globe.”<\/em> And that “45 countries have proposals for border walls.”<\/em> And that “since 2015, over 800 miles of barriers have been built in Europe.”<\/em> He also said that:<\/p>\n

“It’s now day twenty-five of the shutdown and President Trump continues to fight for the $5.7 billion to secure our southern border. And make no mistake, walls do work. And other countries all across the world are using them battling their own influx of migrants or to stave off terrorists.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s impossible to confirm any of this because Dobbs failed to provide any source for his assertions. But if it’s anything like the rest of what Fox News reports, it was made up by Fox or some right-wing think tank they employ. The segment featured a graphic with a headline blaring “Walls Around the World,”<\/em> as if that description of worldwide bondage was a good thing. It’s also impossible to assess whether any of these alleged “walls”<\/em> were built for reasons that had anything to do with the immigration concerns expressed by Trump. The situations in other countries are not necessarily applicable to those of the United States. But that didn’t stop Trump from straight-up copying the Dobbs data and pasting it into a morning tweet:<\/p>\n

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There are now 77 major or significant Walls built around the world, with 45 countries planning or building Walls. Over 800 miles of Walls have been built in Europe since only 2015. They have all been recognized as close to 100% successful. Stop the crime at our Southern Border!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n