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I totally agree and in a way this is exactly my point. Why blur the discussion with a spiel about Trump when we all know this has been going on for a long time
by dudul 7y ago
I totally agree and in a way this is exactly my point. Why blur the discussion with a spiel about Trump when we all know this has been going on for a long time. TSA, CBP, Guitmo, etc Trump didn't set up all of these.
By constantly blaming the Trump administration, all these articles are doing is 1)lure anti-Trumpist to believe that all we have to do is vote for the other guy to fix it, 2) alienate Trump-supporters who will feel attacked and basically stop reading.
- justaaron 7y agoThat would be ignoring the very deliberate and massive shift in behaviour from both CBP and Fatherland Security ushered in deliberately and noisily by Trump. It's sufficient to have been an international traveler before Trump and since Trump to bear witness to the night & day difference, as well. It's worse under Trump than even the worst excesses of the Bush Jr. time. It IS politics as this "man" has staked his entire administration upon being mean and harsh and fighting a war with the entire world at once. Spare me.
- jkoudys 7y agoI'd say it's symptoms vs cause. America has grown increasingly xenophobic, and as a result you have a POTUS with a base that rallies around him more when he fear-mongers in direct contradiction to easily verified data. Things definitely weren't going swimmingly before Trump, but trying to separate Trump completely and pretend like Obama's border policies were just as bad is also inaccurate.