{"id":40372,"date":"2019-01-25T17:34:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T01:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40372"},"modified":"2019-01-25T17:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T01:43:27","slug":"trump-brags-that-his-wall-will-kill-the-glimmer-of-hope-that-refugees-have-to-be-safe-and-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40372","title":{"rendered":"Trump Brags that His Wall Will Kill the ‘Glimmer of Hope’ that Refugees Have to Be Safe and Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

After thirty-five long and difficult days, the Trump Shutdown is coming to an inglorious end. Donald Trump vowed that he would not cave, but in the end that’s exactly what he did. He accepted a proposal that Democrats had offered a month ago, before the shutdown began. And it provides zero dollars for his precious vanity wall.<\/p>\n

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This is not, however, a final conclusion to the matter. It merely kicks the can down the block for three weeks when we will be faced with the same debate over Trump’s insistence on a useless wall. Trump even threatened to shut down the government again, or declare an unconstitutional national “emergency”<\/em> if he doesn’t get his way next month. So no one should get comfortable, particularly if you’re a federal employee.<\/p>\n

In his speech announcing the temporary agreement to reopen the government, Trump spent most of his time lauding the imaginary benefits of a border wall. He imbued it with magical powers to eliminate drugs and human trafficking. He said it would reduce crime, even though these immigrants commit fewer crimes than native born citizens. But perhaps the most repulsive part of his statement was one that illustrated just how callous and uncaring he is with regard to real human suffering (video below). Trump asserted that among the benefits of a wall is that…<\/p>\n

“They save good people from attempting a very dangerous journey from other countries. Thousands of miles because they think they have a glimmer of hope of coming through. With a wall they don’t have that hope.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Trump is actually advancing as a positive argument for his wall that it will extinguish the hope of refugees who are fleeing violence and poverty in their countries of origin. How is that representative of the American Dream that brought generations of people escaping tyranny and torture to the shores of “the land of the free”<\/em>? Trump declares proudly that his wall will mean that similar asylum seekers won’t have the hope that contributed so much to America’s greatness.<\/p>\n

Not only is this attitude noxious and anti-American, but it ignores some obvious facts. If Trump acknowledges that these refugees are braving long and dangerous journeys, does he stop and think for a second about why? Clearly they would not undertake such an arduous task, often with young children, if the need wasn’t crucial to their survival. This isn’t a pleasure cruise they are enjoying. Trump knows that. He knows that these refugees are motivated by fear and hope, but he still thinks it’s appropriate, and even worthwhile, to strangle the hope out of these desperate souls.<\/p>\n

Trump admits in his remarks that the refugees are “good people”<\/em> who are “attempting a very dangerous journey.”<\/em> And in his next breath he smugly asserts that the “glimmer of hope”<\/em> to which they cling should be snuffed out with his “big, beautiful wall.”<\/em> So what does he think they should do after that hope is extinguished? He doesn’t bother to say. Presumably they should just stay put and suffer and die quietly. Because for many of them, that’s the alternative. Do you think Trump cares?<\/p>\n

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Trump is still out here making the same tired sales pitch for his wall. That ship has sailed. <\/p>\n

"These barriers are made of steel. They have see-through visibility, which is very important." #dohkay<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gxuHr9TJ3I<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n