Donald and His Wall

Tuesday 19th February 2019 19:53 EST
 

America’s president, Donald Trump, has resurrected his election promise to build a wall between the US and Mexico. This wall will be built to stop illegal migrants of Mexico from entering the USA. He plans to use emergency powers to pay for a border wall after Congress refused to approve the $5.7 billion (£4.4 billion) cost. He had hoped to make Mexico pay for the cost of erecting such a wall but this did not come to fruition. 

However he has said that there are so many different forms in which Mexico will reimburse the US for the cost. Building a border wall was a key pledge in Mr Trump’s election campaign. This is not the first time that a wall has been built between two countries. Yonks ago, China built its great wall to stop invaders from plundering its country. The Berlin wall is another such example. So it won’t be surprising if Donald’s wish becomes a reality. Next he may want to build partitions in public places to separate whites from muslims and blacks.This will amount to going back to the old days of segregation and apartheid. America’s  wall may probably be construed as a segregation at the time when we are aiming for one world for all. 

India should take a leaf out of Donald’s book and build such walls with its neighbouring countries to stop terrorists from infiltrating the land of Lord Rama, Krishna, Mahavira, Gandhi et al.

Dinesh Sheth

Newbury Park, Ilford


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