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India Builds Wall to Hide Slum During Trump Visit (Original Post) Bayard Feb 2020 OP
Omg! Duppers Feb 2020 #1
Well this is even worse than inviting them to visit the country malaise Feb 2020 #2
No need for disguise. Trump already thinks India is "a shithole country". Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #3
Exactly. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #4
No, no, no! You wait 'til he arrives and build the wall around him! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #5
The historical context is a bit twisted but marked50 Feb 2020 #6
Why, trump is a slum lord! yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2020 #7
I'm thinking the wall should be built, Bayard Feb 2020 #8
Why not make it not a slum? ck4829 Feb 2020 #9

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
1. Omg!
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:17 PM
Feb 2020

How 'bout they give the money to the folks in that slum to better care for themselves and their homes.

For tRump? Wow.

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
3. No need for disguise. Trump already thinks India is "a shithole country".
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:21 PM
Feb 2020

Trump likes to see poor people. Poor desperate people are easier to exploit.

marked50

(1,364 posts)
6. The historical context is a bit twisted but
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 07:45 PM
Feb 2020

there were villages in Russia constructed specifically for when Catherine the Great-Empress of Russia- in the 1700's toured the area that were special constructions to show how great the conditions the peasants were living in. Complete falsehoods . i think they were called "Potemkin Villages".

Bayard

(22,005 posts)
8. I'm thinking the wall should be built,
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 01:47 AM
Feb 2020

So the Indian people don't have to look at the Orange Menace.

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