Our own King George

If President Trump’s wall is what we must build to save us from the poor and powerless seeking sanctuary, dehumanized by Trump, who pretends they’re an existential threat to the USA, then why wasn’t funding for Trump’s wall carved out of the $1.5 trillion Republican tax giveaway to corporations and America’s richest taxpayers? What excuses will our Arkansas congressmen offer to explain their collective failure to save us by way of Trump’s wall when they controlled the Senate, the House and the White House from 2016 until now? And what about Trump’s promise that Mexico will fund his wall? Reminded by “fake journalists” of his forgotten promise, Trump pretends Mexico’s funding will be hidden within Trump’s “awesome” replacement of NAFTA. Awed by his perpetual awesomeness, Trump pretends, as well, that his wall will stop ISIS from ever again attacking us, even as he abandons Syria to ISIS and Vladimir Putin, and deserts our allies. We must mindlessly swallow Trump’s fabrications, for he is our very own 21st-century King George III who adheres to the misguidance of Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity. We must ignore, as well, the histories of the Great Wall of China and Hadrian’s Wall as we toss accolades to Trump for his brilliance in shielding us from the huddled masses at our door seeking to escape murderous gangs and corrupt governments which we have heavily armed for profit over too many decades. BOB REYNOLDS Conway