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There is no immigrant ban. None at all.I'm with you on that, for sure. I hope for the best, but his foreign policy ideas have always worried me. I never realized before that the world had such a lot to say about our President, though, or that they really cared one way or the other most of the time. Now the immigrant ban, of course that would cause comment, but other than that, why is it their business or anything they care about?You are right it is dividing Europe and it will probably lead to a jolt to the right in quite a few European Nations. Something I'm personally opposed to. On the other hand that still won't mean that Europe will embrace Trump. Like I said in my previous post, the way he got elected and his approach to the problems is considered scary.Forkup, I'm agreeing with most of what you say, but Europe is building walls or imposing more controls on their borders because of the immigrant crisis. I do feel sorry for border control agents with 2000 miles of border to patrol and most of it just wide open with no fence or wall or anything to stop folks from just wading over. Or walking in. The increase in border personnel and cracking down on employers employing illegals will be just as effective, though, as a "big beautiful 30' high wall."In general Europeans don't like the symbolism of walls, we've had some bad experiences with walls. The structure stands still but it represent or a physical barrier between yourself and undesirables ( ghettos), or a barrier between you and a country you deem dangerous ( Berlin wall), there is a reason that a piece of the Berlin wall is at the CIA headquarters. A physical reminder of something the world deemed reprehensible.a wall is scary? why is that? I didn't know a structure that just stands still is capable of such a thing.You noted correctly. The wall is the most visible and therefore the most scary part of his plans. I note that you didn't answer the premise that the root cause of this kind of immigration is economical, and that Trumps plan inevitably worsens the Mexicans economical situation, creating more people who want to cross.
This map shows how much the refugee crisis is dividing Europe