Mother Goose's 2019 edition has arrived.
On Wednesday, President Trump unveiled what he's calling "the new theme" for his continued fight for border wall funding, and it sounds suspiciously like an unfinished nursery rhyme. "BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!," Trump wrote in two back-to-back tweets, hinting at what's sure to become a cumbersome new chant at an upcoming rally and ominously telling readers to "use it and pray."
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