Trump’s wall: History deems it a failure

The Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall did not preserve Soviet communism. They may have slowed its fall. That’s all.

Neither will “Trump’s Wall” stop illegal immigrants. There are more effective ways. Those will likely be more expensive over a long time, but they should be better and more thorough.

This story was originally published March 28, 2017 at 10:12 AM with the headline "Trump’s wall: History deems it a failure."