Donald Trump promised us lower taxes, and he delivered on that promise… but failed to deliver on practically every other economic promise.
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump promised that he would build a wall at the southern border, and that Mexico would pay for the wall.
The border is about 2,000 miles long.
Before Trump’s 2017 inauguration as president, the southern border had about 654 miles of primary barriers and 37 miles of secondary barriers, according to Customs and Border Protection information from a 2021 report provided to PolitiFact. By January 2021, when Joe Biden was inaugurated, there were 706 miles of primary barriers and 70 miles of secondary barriers.
Trump’s administration had added about 52 miles of primary barriers.
Far more people have been “removed” or “returned” or “expelled” under Biden than under Trump — but this was mainly due to Title 42, which allowed the Biden administration to “expel” immigrants based on the COVID crisis. Under Trump, in 2020, removals, returns and Title 42 expulsions totaled 608,000, and more than doubled to 1.4 million in 2022 under Biden.
It’s not easy for governments to address social problems, in part because the government was specifically designed to make progress difficult. In a democratic republic, change requires broad cooperation between all the branches of government, and compromise… and that’s not something we’ve seen much of, lately.
Will our next President be able to bring the political factions together, during an era of intense polarization?
Time will tell.
Bill Hudson
Bill Hudson began sharing his opinions in the Pagosa Daily Post in 2004 and can’t seem to break the habit. He claims that, in Pagosa Springs, opinions are like pickup trucks: everybody has one.
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