"It is simply impossible to overstate the symbolic importance both the
wall and the idea that Mexico would pay for it had in 2016. Everything
about Trump was embodied within it: the xenophobia, the vision of a
world of threats and danger, the belief that complex problems have easy
solutions, and most of all, the desire to stand tall and humiliate
others, which was so critical to voters who felt beaten down and
humiliated themselves.
"That’s why the preposterous notion that Mexico
would pay for the wall was so critical: not because we need Mexico’s
money, but because forcing it to pay would be an act of dominance,
making it kneel before us, open up its wallets and pay us for its own
abasement."
—Paul Waldman, The Washington Post, April 25, 2017
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