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.
We're in sync of that one. He's already suggested that a wall along the Canadian border might also be needed.
ryck
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