Tag: it’s not about the wall

Polarize, Divide and Rule

The “Wall” in the USA:

Polarize. Divide and rule. The cartoonist @MarianKamensky1 explains how Trump did it: pic.twitter.com/oVhZ8KVNPb

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 24, 2019

Donald Trump thrives on divisiveness. It’s how he keeps himself the center of attention, fuels his base and ensures that no matter what facts are revealed, his followers will stick by him. https://t.co/RvICRvj8A8

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 8, 2019

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The “Brexit” in the UK:

Well, I doubt Lucifer would welcome them, as after what they did to Britain, they would even manage to divide hell 🙂 https://t.co/AS367egjZP

— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) February 6, 2019

Hi @KateHoeyMP, thanks for the feedback. Actually, I was elected by my constituents with over 500k votes.

Imagine an elected MP campaigning on Europe, not knowing that MEPs are elected? pic.twitter.com/dEEQOVfMoN

— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) February 8, 2019

Why Didn’t the Reps Use Their House Majority in 2017 or 2018?

Trump had 2 years to build that damn wall when Republicans controlled Congress. So why didn't he?

Because it polled so poorly that many Republican Senators wouldn't vote for it (including John McCain).

So Trump waited until he could blame Democrats for not building it.

— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) January 26, 2019


 

I search Trump supporters who can explain to me why Trump didn’t solve the wall issue when the GOP still had the House majority. Please explain this to me.

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 23, 2019


 

…which is why you waited two years to make it a priority? Gimme a break.

— Kevin Mleziva (@LostInTheEcho40) January 23, 2019

Why didn’t republicans vote for a wall when they controlled both the house and the senate?

— Brandon Urbanski (@royalbansk) January 23, 2019

Why wasn’t this your priority when you first took office and had both the house and senate? Why is it now an emergency and not then?

— Fawn Kwok (@FawnKwok) January 23, 2019


 

How come you didn't shut down the government, when Republicans were in control? You helped them to a 1.5 trillion tax cut. They couldn't give you 50 billion? They had control of everything. They got the tax cut through.

— Marc Buemi (@marc_buemi) January 21, 2019


 

Trump and the Republicans *do not want* to fix the problem. They need conflict and an agenda which also can be understood by not so smart Trump supporters. That is why they did not get the wall built when they still were in control of the House.https://t.co/fFDEkQifmM

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 22, 2019


 

Trump and GOP have shutdown the govt because they can’t get over the loss of house to Dems in 2018. They didn’t throw this tantrum for 2 years with GOP majority, and Trump didn’t have votes even then. #wewillremember

— Ms. Meera Kashalkar (@Zipzapzoom9) January 13, 2019


 

Trumps >5 billion $$ wall project is *designed* to be rejected by the Democrats. Trump and the GOP obviously don't want a wall. Otherwise they would have built it before the midterms. Instead, they need an agenda to keep their supporters angry at the Democrats until 2020.

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 13, 2019


 

=== Explanation please ===
Can somebody explain to me, why the Republicans did not use their majority in the congress in 2017 or 2018 to get the 5.1 billion US$ for Trump's wall project?

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 12, 2019


 

=== Explanation please ===
The Steel Barrier, or Wall, could have been built by the Trump administration since 2017 or 2018. Why didn't the Republicans use their majority in the congress in 2017 or 2018 to get the 5.1 billion US$ for Trump's wall project?

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 12, 2019

TWEETS FROM PARROTS
FED WITH CARROTS

2018-01-23 07:48 EST

Great unity in the Republican Party. Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019


2018-01-23 07:57 EST

BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019


2018-01-23 07:59 EST

BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019


2018-01-23 08:13 EST

BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!
BUILD A WALL
& CRIME WILL FALL!

— CC (@ChatByCC) January 23, 2019


2018-01-24 08:43 EST

TWEETS FROM PARROTS FED WITH CARROTShttps://t.co/41m74hVQUK

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 24, 2019

 

Application: The Bellman’s Rule

#! /usr/bin/haskell
import Data.List
statementList :: [String]
statementList =
  ["BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"I am a stable genius!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"1+1=2"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"I am a stable genius!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"I am a stable genius!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ,"BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!"
  ]
atLeastThrice :: [String] -> [String]
atLeastThrice sL =
  [head grp | grp <-
    group $ sort sL, length grp >= 3]

Result (if loaded and executed in GHCi):

*Main> atLeastThrice statementList
["BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!","I am a stable genius!"]

Interpretation: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” and “I am a stable genius!” are true, because both assertions appeared at least three times. Actually, “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” is double-plus-true, because all letters have been capitalized and because the assertion ends with an exclamation mark.

Search "BUILD THE WALL" and "CRIME WILL FALL" in @realDonaldTrump:https://t.co/r4vMrX6yrf

Search "BUILD THE WALL" and "CRIME WILL FALL" in @GOP:https://t.co/upeVJ9zgeO

Why doesn't the GOP use Trumps theme?https://t.co/HULCiKMnxT

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 25, 2019

The Divide

BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019

Trumps parrots his theme as @realDonaldTrump. But he also claims that it is the theme of the Republican party. Due to the difficult relation between Trump and truth, you better check with @GOP how true that is.

 

@MarianKamensky1 explains the real objective of Donald Trump's toxic wall project: Divide the USA and rule.

Source: https://t.co/F217UgvZ6J

More: https://t.co/fFDEkQifmM pic.twitter.com/gZfniJL1Zp

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 24, 2019

In 2014, Trumps spin doctors chose “wall” as a mnemonic device designed to help Trump to polarize and divide US voters. Poisoning the discourse helps Trump and his party to avoid to give reason for their claims. Today Trump and the GOP play the media quite successfully with this toxic tool.

A strange interview shows how GOP communicators try to control the usage of language. The GOP communication seemingly doesn’t feel to comfortable with the term “wall” anymore. While Trump, the Republican President, is using “Wall” or “WALL” ad nauseam, Kellyanne Conway in an Orwellian attempt of speech control doesn’t want journalists to use that term.

An exchange between my colleague @abbydphillip and WH counselor Kellyanne Conway on whether to it’s okay to call the president’s wall a wall. It’s worth reading all the way through. pic.twitter.com/NORWvA7K6F

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 23, 2019


The WALL, a Mnemonic Device

Polarize. Divide and rule. The cartoonist @MarianKamensky1 explains how Trump did it: pic.twitter.com/sYItrq5ia9

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 25, 2019

Don’t forget, we are building and renovating big sections of Wall right now. Moving quickly, and will cost far less than previous politicians thought possible. Building, after all, is what I do best, even when money is not readily available!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2019

 


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In other words—the “wall” was originally cooked up as a trick to use the candidate’s narcissism (“I am the greatest builder!”)to get him to talk about immigration policy.

Virtually *everything* about this man and his “presidency” can be understood through his narcissism.

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 6, 2019

 

Once built, the wall would become boring. In 2014, Trump's spin doctors set the wall on the agenda so that Trump can focus on a simple issue for simple minds. As intended, the Dems proudly got caught in that trap.

More: https://t.co/Q9hwGH3AMA

cc: @jahimes

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 21, 2019

Trump’s Memes

https://t.co/5S7iDRSq6Chttps://t.co/qhsmJdFHDD

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 23, 2019

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Trump using the Game of Thrones font for all his memes is truly fitting.

It's the story of a wall that doesn't work, and the only group that's lost more characters than Game of Thrones is the Trump Administration.

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 6, 2019

Trump posted a Game of Thrones meme 'The Wall is Coming'…. last season ended this way: pic.twitter.com/5a3aaWXhVN

— Miles (@m3hnash) January 3, 2019

“The Power of Illegal Immigration to Manipulate Popular Sentiment”

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, is credited, along with fellow political consultant Sam Nunberg, in coming up with the idea to build a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border did not come from security analysts following years of study or through evidence that a wall would reduce illegal immigration. Amazingly, for something so central to the current U.S. president, the wall came about as a “mnemonic device” thought up by a pair of political consultants to remind Donald Trump to talk about illegal immigration. […]

Inside Trump’s circle, the power of illegal immigration to manipulate popular sentiment was readily apparent, and his advisers brainstormed methods for keeping their attention-addled boss on message,

writes Joshua Green, author of Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising. […]

Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 2019-01-04

Where the idea for Donald Trump's wall came from: https://t.co/cSbeAgcT4e pic.twitter.com/CcVHp8C8k6

— Forbes (@Forbes) January 6, 2019

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