They Don't Call It 'The Great Tweet of China'
- he ' d be the greatest jobs president God ever created   he ' d cut taxes   he ' d balance the budget   he ' d give all Americans fantastic health care   he ' d renegotiate NAFTA   he ' d scotch the Iran deal and so on . But there was one central promise without which he wouldn ' t have been elected : He said he ' d build a wall . Either  Trump  understood the urgency of our border crisis   as  his  every campaign speech suggested   or it was just meaningless boilerplate to get  himself  elected . If it was the latter   then our search continues for one politician who won ' t lie to us . It was precisely the Nietzschean Eternal Recurrence of politicians promising to get tough on immigration   but never   ever doing it   that caused voters to cling to  Trump  like a life vest in a tidal wave . If  Trump  actually believed what  he  claimed to believe    he  would treat the building of a wall as a far more urgent priority than sending FEMA after a hurricane . Taking nothing away from the fine people who lost their lives in the recent hurricanes   since the 2005 hurricane season   about 200 Americans have died in hurricanes   plus 82 in Hurricane Harvey and 50 in Hurricane Irma . That ' s 332 deaths from hurricanes in the past 12 years . Even a federal government determined not to tell Americans how many illegal immigrants are committing crimes admits that -- at a minimum -- there are 350   000 illegal immigrants incarcerated in state prisons and jails   and 3   500 are in for murder . Considering that the average time served for murder in America is six years   that means that   in the last 12 years   hurricanes have killed 332 Americans   and illegal immigrants have killed 7   000 Americans . Throw in the more than 30   000 Americans who die every year from heroin and fentanyl brought in by Mexicans   and illegal immigration is a problem at least 100 times more urgent than Hurricanes Harvey   Irma and every other hurricane since 2005   combined . ( If we ' re including U . S . territories and Hurricane Maria ends up killing another 100 people -- current estimates are zero dead -- illegal immigration is still 80 times worse than the last 12 years of deadly hurricanes . Of course   if we ' re including territories   then we also must note that illegal immigration is especially disastrous for Puerto Ricans living in the U . S .  in terms of crime and diminishing job prospects .) There is no question but that illegal immigration dwarfs any other issue   not only in dead Americans   but also in welfare expenditures   taxes   lost jobs   police and prison expenditures   declining neighborhoods   ruined schools   overwhelmed hospitals   facial reconstruction surgeries and rape counseling services   to name a few costs . We thought  Trump  understood this . We were counting on  him  to fight for us on the border -- not with rallies   not with hats   not with tweets   but by building a wall . And yet   as of Wednesday this week   Trump will have been in office 243 days without having begun the wall . Imagine if Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had hit 243 days ago and all we ' d gotten from the president were assurances that FEMA would be coming any day now -- just as soon as he got the go - ahead from Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan ! ( Or worse   from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer .) The more accurate analogy would be if  Trump  responded to the recent hurricanes not only by sending zero federal aid   but also by demanding that we dismantle FEMA and the National Hurricane Center . That ' s exactly what  he  ' s doing by proposing we respond to the crisis of 40 million illegal aliens in our country with an amnesty that will lure another 40 million across the border . We hoped we wouldn ' t have to spell it out . We thought  Trump  understood that this was an emergency . We believed  he  was capable of getting the job done . If  he  did understand   then 243 days ago    he  would have sent the Navy Seabees and Army Corps of Engineers to start building the wall . For most of the nation ' s history   the primary job of the military -- of which President Trump is the commander in chief -- was building walls and fortresses on our borders . That ' s why we have an Army Corps of Engineers . It may not seem like it from recent history   but the job of our military is to protect America ' s borders -- not Ukraine ' s borders   not Jordan ' s borders . This is our one and only chance to get this done   and we ' re losing the fight . While Trump dallies   last week California became a sanctuary state . Sixteen - year - old girls are taking lessons to learn to be safe drivers   but when they ' re smashed into by drunk - driving illegal aliens   the state won ' t tell ICE   and taxpayers will spend $ 40 million to pay for their defense . The wall has to get built   and nothing else matters .  Trump  will not be able to tweet  his  way out of not building the wall .  He  will not be able to change the subject by attacking the media or Crooked Hillary .  He  will not be able to get away with blaming Republicans in Congress . Obviously   it suits the rest of the traitorous GOP -- which ferociously opposed  him  -- to pretend that  Trump  ' s election had nothing to do with immigration . I don ' t know about a lot of things . I don ' t know where women let you grab them if you ' re a rich celebrity . I don ' t know how to play a wind instrument . But when everyone else said  Trump  was a joke   I said   nope    he  ' s going to be our next president . If anyone is telling  Trump  that a " virtual wall  " drones   a conga line or a " Don ' t Cross !" sign are as good as a wall    he  can get  his  stock tips from them   but not  his  political advice . If Trump doesn ' t get that wall built   and fast   his base will be done with him and feed him to Robert Mueller .
- he ' d be the greatest jobs president God ever created   he ' d cut taxes   he ' d balance the budget   he ' d give all Americans fantastic health care   he ' d renegotiate NAFTA   he ' d scotch the Iran deal and so on . But there was one central promise without which he wouldn ' t have been elected : He said he ' d build a wall . Either  [TGT]understood the urgency of our border crisis   as  [TGT]  every campaign speech suggested   or it was just meaningless boilerplate to get  [TGT]  elected . If it was the latter   then our search continues for one politician who won ' t lie to us . It was precisely the Nietzschean Eternal Recurrence of politicians promising to get tough on immigration   but never   ever doing it   that caused voters to cling to  Trump  like a life vest in a tidal wave . If  [TGT]actually believed what  he  claimed to believe    [TGT]  would treat the building of a wall as a far more urgent priority than sending FEMA after a hurricane . Taking nothing away from the fine people who lost their lives in the recent hurricanes   since the 2005 hurricane season   about 200 Americans have died in hurricanes   plus 82 in Hurricane Harvey and 50 in Hurricane Irma . That ' s 332 deaths from hurricanes in the past 12 years . Even a federal government determined not to tell Americans how many illegal immigrants are committing crimes admits that -- at a minimum -- there are 350   000 illegal immigrants incarcerated in state prisons and jails   and 3   500 are in for murder . Considering that the average time served for murder in America is six years   that means that   in the last 12 years   hurricanes have killed 332 Americans   and illegal immigrants have killed 7   000 Americans . Throw in the more than 30   000 Americans who die every year from heroin and fentanyl brought in by Mexicans   and illegal immigration is a problem at least 100 times more urgent than Hurricanes Harvey   Irma and every other hurricane since 2005   combined . ( If we ' re including U . S . territories and Hurricane Maria ends up killing another 100 people -- current estimates are zero dead -- illegal immigration is still 80 times worse than the last 12 years of deadly hurricanes . Of course   if we ' re including territories   then we also must note that illegal immigration is especially disastrous for Puerto Ricans living in the U . S .  in terms of crime and diminishing job prospects .) There is no question but that illegal immigration dwarfs any other issue   not only in dead Americans   but also in welfare expenditures   taxes   lost jobs   police and prison expenditures   declining neighborhoods   ruined schools   overwhelmed hospitals   facial reconstruction surgeries and rape counseling services   to name a few costs . We thought  [TGT]understood this . We were counting on  [TGT]  to fight for us on the border -- not with rallies   not with hats   not with tweets   but by building a wall . And yet   as of Wednesday this week   [TGT] will have been in office 243 days without having begun the wall . Imagine if Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had hit 243 days ago and all we ' d gotten from the president were assurances that FEMA would be coming any day now -- just as soon as he got the go - ahead from Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan ! ( Or worse   from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer .) The more accurate analogy would be if  [TGT]  responded to the recent hurricanes not only by sending zero federal aid   but also by demanding that we dismantle FEMA and the National Hurricane Center . That ' s exactly what  [TGT]  ' s doing by proposing we respond to the crisis of 40 million illegal aliens in our country with an amnesty that will lure another 40 million across the border . We hoped we wouldn ' t have to spell it out . We thought  [TGT]  understood that this was an emergency . We believed  [TGT]  was capable of getting the job done . If  he  did understand   then 243 days ago    he  would have sent the Navy Seabees and Army Corps of Engineers to start building the wall . For most of the nation ' s history   the primary job of the military -- of which [TGT] is the commander in chief -- was building walls and fortresses on our borders . That ' s why we have an Army Corps of Engineers . It may not seem like it from recent history   but the job of our military is to protect America ' s borders -- not Ukraine ' s borders   not Jordan ' s borders . This is our one and only chance to get this done   and we ' re losing the fight . While [TGT] dallies   last week California became a sanctuary state . Sixteen - year - old girls are taking lessons to learn to be safe drivers   but when they ' re smashed into by drunk - driving illegal aliens   the state won ' t tell ICE   and taxpayers will spend $ 40 million to pay for their defense . The wall has to get built   and nothing else matters .  [TGT]  will not be able to tweet  [TGT]  way out of not building the wall .  [TGT]  will not be able to change the subject by attacking the media or Crooked Hillary .  [TGT]  will not be able to get away with blaming Republicans in Congress . Obviously   it suits the rest of the traitorous GOP -- which ferociously opposed  [TGT]  -- to pretend that  [TGT]  ' s election had nothing to do with immigration . I don ' t know about a lot of things . I don ' t know where women let you grab them if you ' re a rich celebrity . I don ' t know how to play a wind instrument . But when everyone else said  [TGT]was a joke   I said   nope    [TGT]  ' s going to be our next president . If anyone is telling  Trump  that a " virtual wall  " drones   a conga line or a " Don ' t Cross !" sign are as good as a wall    he  can get  his  stock tips from them   but not  his  political advice . If [TGT] doesn ' t get that wall built   and fast   [TGT] base will be done with [TGT] and feed [TGT] to Robert Mueller .