I’ve been waiting for this one


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For as long as Donald Trump has been talking about building a wall on the border, the rest of us have been quipping that we want to build a wall around him. After all, he’s always insisted that his wall was to protect us from supposed criminals, and he’s the biggest criminal of all.

Now, in one of the most surreal moments of his failed presidency, Donald Trump is building a wall around himself – literally. He’s so afraid of the peaceful protesters across the street from the White House, he’s walling himself in. Okay, so the structure he’s having built looks more like complex fencing material than a wall. But Trump has erected a few miles of fencing on the border and called it a wall, so the term is fair game.

Donald Trump building a wall around himself, to keep Americans out, is almost too perfect of a metaphor for what a failure he is, what a coward he is, and how at odds he is with America. I’ve been waiting for this moment. I just didn’t think it would happen in such literal fashion.

Also, let’s keep in mind that by simply protesting peacefully outside the White House, we’ve goaded Donald Trump into building a wall around himself. He’s that easily manipulated. Let’s keep in mind that we can goad him into finishing himself off.

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