Originally Posted By: ryck
Originally Posted By: grelber
A more likely scenario? Tromp [sic] will likely have gotten his wish and the space between the 49th parallel and the Rio Bravo will have become a no man's land...

Or...........
Trump may be gone long before then. ...
For a selfish egotist like Trump, being President just doesn't make sense. ...
If Trump became President, all that would go away. ...
Mission accomplished: Trump's "brand" gains.

I don't disagree with your main thesis, but I also didn't mean to suggest that Tromp would become president, only that his push for a "wall" to keep out undesirables might take the shape of the entire lower 48.
However, there have been boobs elected to the office and, given the current mentality which seems prevalent in the US, stranger things could happen.