Why the next president should tear down Trump's wall

For America's sake, every Democrat running for president should pledge to demolish any wall Trump manages to build

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For 20 years, the shining moment for the Republican Party was Ronald Reagan, standing in Berlin, commanding Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Needless to say, today's Republican Party is no longer Reagan's.

Today's GOP belongs to President Trump, though America does not. Trump is a historically unpopular president, his party lost the House in spectacular fashion in the last election, and he just declared a very unpopular "national emergency" to sidestep Congress and use the military to build his slightly less unpopular border wall.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.