Trump‘s Wall and the Politics of ‘Us Versus Them’
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Politically, Trump’s great wall may not be worth the government shutdown. But it appeals to his base, including evangelical Christians. As the country’s white, protestant majority gives way to diversity, some fear that the essence of America is changing. Opposition to immigration in Western Europe is no coincidence. Later on: Brexit: “No Deal, No Plan, No Clue.”
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| 0:00.0 | You've said you're going to build a beautiful wall and Mexico is going to pay for it. |
| 0:03.3 | But you never say how. |
| 0:04.7 | So easy. |
| 0:05.0 | You say, believe me. |
| 0:05.9 | It's so easy. |
| 0:06.4 | Believe me is not an answer. |
| 0:07.4 | Believe me. |
| 0:07.8 | Let me tell you. |
| 0:08.8 | How are you going to make a mess? One way the other, it's just a big. Another brick in the wall. One way the other Mexico is going to pay for the world. |
| 0:18.2 | When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I mean. |
| 0:21.8 | Mexico's paying for the wall. |
| 0:23.8 | And I didn't mean, please write me a check. I mean very simply, they're paying for it in the trade deal. Mexico will pay for the wall. If I build a steel wall rather than a concrete wall, it will actually be stronger than a concrete. Steel is stronger than concrete. |
| 0:38.0 | Okay? |
| 0:38.4 | Okay, you can check it out. |
| 0:39.7 | We need the wall very badly. |
| 0:41.0 | As you know, Mexico has a tremendous crime problem. |
| 0:43.7 | The wall will stop much of the drugs from pouring into this country. |
| 0:47.6 | I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, |
| 0:51.9 | and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. |
| 0:55.0 | Build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build that wall. |
| 1:06.0 | And so it goes with just not, how that break in the wall. |
| 1:11.6 | And so it goes, with part of the federal government now shut down since the president upped his demand for American taxpayer money to pay for his wall, with Democrats using their new congressional power to turn him down. |
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