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If Trump builds a wall, should the next president tear it down?

PersonAndStuff

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Let's say it happens. Either because the Democrats became cowards or Trump forced it with a national emergency. Both seem unlikely but let's say it happens. Now tearing down a wall that is mostly just a useless ugly thing seems like a waste of money. Not as much as the wall still, I assume. But as a metaphor, I kind of love it. Any thing that hurts a Trump legacy feels good.
 
C.Mongler

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I can't even imagine a scenario where the thing gets built and completed in Trump's remaining 2 or, god-forbid, 6 years. The thing's going to take a decade or more to plan, contract, and actually build.
 
Mathieran

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Seems like it wouldn't be hard to do. Just send some folks out with some handsaws and they'll get it done.
 
WinFonda

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yep because it's a taxpayer money sink and you would end up saving billions by demolishing it early
 
cirr

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i already have a piece of the berlin wall so getting another wall piece from my home country would be sort of neat
i'd prefer to break it myself this time around though
 

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part of the complaint about the wall is how big of a waste of money and other resources it is. Since Trump will never get any significant portion of his wall up, a better solution would be to just not maintain this steel slats and let them fall naturally. It'd be cheaper and the concept of his wall just withering away over time is more poetically beautiful IMO.
 
ZealousD

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It's not like the Wall is going to have murals of Trump painted on the side or anything.

Ask yourself, really. Are you against the wall because it's a pointless waste of money, or are you against it because Trump wants it?

If you're against the wall because it's a pointless waste of money and accomplishes nothing, then spending the time and effort to tear it all down is also a pointless waste of money that accomplishes nothing. If you are just trying to spite Trump... I mean I kind of get it but that's also just a really petty way to live your life.
 
Trey

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If he got his wall, as in, a fully constructed and completed barrier spanning the entire US-Mexican border? No, unless there is popular support to do so. The money to do so is better spent elsewhere.
 
ReAxion

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i would like it to be like all the other infrastructure we should've spent the money on - allowed to fall into complete disrepair.
 
GodofWine

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Its gonna get hung up in courts, at so many, SOOOO MANY, various stages...it'll never happen.
 
The Almighty Tria

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No point. People would be more annoyed by the fact that it was torn down for no reason other than spiting the previous president. They would just see it as more wasted money for petty reasons.

The better solution would to just not fund any repairs and upkeep on it and wait until it's useless and tear it down then. As much as I'd love them tearing it down just to see the look on Trump's face, it'd just add to the wasted money by tearing it down out of spite.
 
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Rodan

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Tear it down just like those Confederate statues. The cost to remove racist symbols is always worth it
 

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It's not going to get built. A ton of American citizens own property on the border, and getting them to give up land is going to take years of court battles and cost millions of dollars. It's not even worth entertaining the possibility, other than to recognize the combination of sheer idiocy and overt prejudice for what it is.

Edit: And yes, the next president should tear it down and use the materials to build shelters for less fortunate areas in need of housing.
 
gaogaogao

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not even the great wall of china could keep the mongols out, and that was before airports were a thing.
if it existed, it would be inconsequential, apart from the money.
 
Typhon

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ZealousD said:
It's not like the Wall is going to have murals of Trump painted on the side or anything.

Ask yourself, really. Are you against the wall because it's a pointless waste of money, or are you against it because Trump wants it?

If you're against the wall because it's a pointless waste of money and accomplishes nothing, then spending the time and effort to tear it all down is also a pointless waste of money that accomplishes nothing. If you are just trying to spite Trump... I mean I kind of get it but that's also just a really petty way to live your life.
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When it comes to Trump, pettiness is a virtue
 
Sephzilla

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Even if the wall was to happen, at this point it wouldn't start construction until 2020 and Trump will be out of office
 
Sunster

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I think it will simply fall into disrepair and decay like the wall on the California border with Mexico built in the 90's and like that "wall" everyone will just forget about it.

people desperate enough to cross vast deserts and entire countries will find ways in. They won't just say "oh shit, a wall. let's turn around." it's in no way the same as keeping your house's front door unlocked as I saw someone say on Twitter last night. These are not opportunistic criminals. They are desperate people risking their lives for something better.
 
Officer Big Mac

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People seem confused why Democrats dont want the wall. They are against it because it's not going to do what Trump says it will. It's a waste of money. They're not against it because it makes illegal crossing harder.
 
Sordid Plebeian

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I'm sure it would get canceled, but if it is actually funded and construction starts, I would assume they would either start building it in the easiest areas or the areas with the most traffic, and I feel like they wouldn't bother tearing them down there unless they were branded with Trump's name.
 
lowmelody

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If it ever got built, which it wont, it should be torn down with as much prejudice as it went up.
 
Bloodforge

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Even if Trump somehow gets the money for his stupid wall it would take years of planning before they would even start construction. The next President could just stop it before it ever even starts to be built unless Trump tries to rush it, which would actually be likely, and end up a huge clusterfuck.
 
Sunster

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DrewFu

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Of course not. That would be throwing good money after bad.

That would be a wore waste of money than the wall itself.
 
alexi52

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The wall wouldn't even be made by then in this hypothetical scenario, even IF Trump gets a second term
 
Parch

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LakeEarth said:
Put Trump's name on it. Make the unfinished, shoddy made obelisk his "legacy".
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Trump wants this to be his legacy. That's why he's being so pigheaded about it. Nobody is going to build a statue of him so he wants his wall to be his "look what I've done for America" tribute. The Great Wall of Trump is going to be his glorious achievement. That's why tearing it down would be so sweet.
 
LakeEarth

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Parch said:
Trump wants this to be his legacy. That's why he's being so pigheaded about it. Nobody is going to build a statue of him so he wants his wall to be his "look what I've done for America" tribute. The Great Wall of Trump is going to be his glorious achievement. That's why tearing it down would be so sweet.
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I'm imaging this wall being maybe 1 mile wide. A tribute to his many many many (many) failures.

Many.
 
Tigress

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No. If they waste teh money putting it up it's already up and now will cost money to take down... at that point is there some sort of harm that hasn't already been done that it will erase by taking ti down? If at that point the harm cannot be undone, why spend the mmoney taking it down. Just don't maintain it at that point and don't waste more money on it.
 
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