The incredible statistics behind Trump's wall:

Paul1977:

 

 

 

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

 

What do you think the reason for that is? 

Dratsab:

MikeB4:

Rikkitic: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/323150/nzers-travelling-to-us-may-now-face-interviews 

Thanks for that. Maybe we should impose restrictions of the US.

You need politicians with a bit of backbone for that. They don't exist here.

Our politicians will wail that we need to bend to Americas will if we are to ever have any hope of a FTA with them. After more than a generation of attempting to negotiate any such deal and the last one (TPPA) being scuttled close to the finish line, you'd think the message about the reality of this ever actually happening would sink in. 

Paul1977:

tdgeek:

darylblake: I actually think the wall has become the butt of a joke. It's not really a joke. Although the wayTtrump talks about it makes it kinda funny.

In short, people living on islands don't get it. We just have a few naval patrols and boom job done.

For countries in Europe there are walls all over the boarders. It does sound somewhat funny to joke about some crazy madman who used to host a tv show and says a bunch of controversial statements somewhat regularly. But him and his team and his supporters truly believe they have an Illegal immigration problem. And they want immigration to be dealt with at the border entrances.

Fully agree. This thread has become the official anti Trump thread. I'm anti Trump as well. But behind the bigly attitude and his many faults, the wall is not a stupid idea. And for good reason. However, his marketing of that is clearly combatant. How about Mexico, we have a problem let's talk about it. Not a vote catcher promise though. But, now that he tricked, I mean got the votes, time to act like a President.

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

Paul1977:

tdgeek:

darylblake: I actually think the wall has become the butt of a joke. It's not really a joke. Although the wayTtrump talks about it makes it kinda funny.

In short, people living on islands don't get it. We just have a few naval patrols and boom job done.

For countries in Europe there are walls all over the boarders. It does sound somewhat funny to joke about some crazy madman who used to host a tv show and says a bunch of controversial statements somewhat regularly. But him and his team and his supporters truly believe they have an Illegal immigration problem. And they want immigration to be dealt with at the border entrances.

Fully agree. This thread has become the official anti Trump thread. I'm anti Trump as well. But behind the bigly attitude and his many faults, the wall is not a stupid idea. And for good reason. However, his marketing of that is clearly combatant. How about Mexico, we have a problem let's talk about it. Not a vote catcher promise though. But, now that he tricked, I mean got the votes, time to act like a President.

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

tdgeek:

Paul1977:

tdgeek:

darylblake: I actually think the wall has become the butt of a joke. It's not really a joke. Although the wayTtrump talks about it makes it kinda funny.

In short, people living on islands don't get it. We just have a few naval patrols and boom job done.

For countries in Europe there are walls all over the boarders. It does sound somewhat funny to joke about some crazy madman who used to host a tv show and says a bunch of controversial statements somewhat regularly. But him and his team and his supporters truly believe they have an Illegal immigration problem. And they want immigration to be dealt with at the border entrances.

Fully agree. This thread has become the official anti Trump thread. I'm anti Trump as well. But behind the bigly attitude and his many faults, the wall is not a stupid idea. And for good reason. However, his marketing of that is clearly combatant. How about Mexico, we have a problem let's talk about it. Not a vote catcher promise though. But, now that he tricked, I mean got the votes, time to act like a President.

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

There isn't. But the anti stuff dilutes the ok stuff. He isn't Amin, Hitler, or any other dictator, he is just a mouth

tdgeek:

There isn't. But the anti stuff dilutes the ok stuff. He isn't Amin, Hitler, or any other dictator, he is just a mouth

Give him time. He only just got started.

Paul1977:

 

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

 

Should he do anything vaguely resembling nice, I'll be the first to give him credit for it. 

Rikkitic:

 

tdgeek:

There isn't. But the anti stuff dilutes the ok stuff. He isn't Amin, Hitler, or any other dictator, he is just a mouth

 

Give him time. He only just got started.

 

 

 

Your over estimating him. Or does GOP have no touch over him, making him near enough to a dictator?

Not addressing you, but IMHO there is so much hate-hype over him, its like the haters are treating him like a god, as in supreme power. I see him as an idiot who will come unstuck.

DarthKermit:

 

Paul1977:

 

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

 

 

Should he do anything vaguely resembling nice, I'll be the first to give him credit for it. 

 

The wall is a good idea, not nice as he has articulated it, but its a sensible idea. 

tdgeek:

 

DarthKermit:

 

Paul1977:

 

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

 

 

Should he do anything vaguely resembling nice, I'll be the first to give him credit for it. 

 

 

The wall is a good idea, not nice as he has articulated it, but its a sensible idea. 

 

A 3200km wall is a sensible idea? Really? It seems like a totally impractical idea for a problem that has been dropping dramatically in the last 10 years.

Handle9:

 

tdgeek:

 

DarthKermit:

 

Paul1977:

 

This is a Donald Trump thread, it just seems anti-Trump because there aren't a lot of nice things to say about him.

 

 

Should he do anything vaguely resembling nice, I'll be the first to give him credit for it. 

 

 

The wall is a good idea, not nice as he has articulated it, but its a sensible idea. 

 

 

 

 

A 3200km wall is a sensible idea? Really? It seems like a totally impractical idea for a problem that has been dropping dramatically in the last 10 years.

 

3100km. Or 1600km allowing for natural obstacles for the rest. The Hoover Dam is big. The concrete required is only 3 times more.

Border control is a big issue for many countries. The ease that exists now means you have a real border control, or you just ignore it. Just because its a Trump idea doesn't meant not a good idea, that's where this thread has gone awry.  

The Hoover Dam did push the country towards its future by bringing energy to the west. A wall? Ok...

freitasm:

 

The Hoover Dam did push the country towards its future by bringing energy to the west. A wall? Ok...

 

My point was the wall is only 3 x the concrete, so big, but not that big. Ive been to the Hoover Dam, its big, but its not 3100km long either. :-)

freitasm:

 

The Hoover Dam did push the country towards its future by bringing energy to the west. A wall? Ok...

 

And it's only going to cost $12 billion! Just think of the jobs that will create!