Trump: US will pay for wall, but Mexico will repay us

On frisbee golf courses?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a boneheaded project. But for those who believe the government can and should create jobs, this is as good a project as any other...

But for those who are good economists, who see both the short and long-term impact of economic decisions, I'd rather he just had them dig holes and fill them back in. It would have the same non-productive impact on the economy, it would be just as inflationary, but we wouldn't end up with all the environmental impacts, the massive waste of physical resources being poured into the wall, pissed-off neighbors to the south, and a president channeling the worst idiocy of 1960's Soviet Union.

With all his bullshit talk about trade wars and tariffs, the economic walls that Trump's planning will have a far, far more serious impact on the standard of living in the US (and indeed, worldwide) than a bunch of bricks piled along an imaginary property line.

OTOH, with a new version of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, it's quite possible that Trump could turn "The Great Recession" into "The World's Most Greatest Fabulous Depression EVAR!" and Trump's all about superlatives. Even negative ones, I suppose.

Hilariously, Mexico's former Presidente, Vincente Fox Quesada, took to Twitter yesterday with this gem -

I think you're on to something here. Not only would it assure transparency, 140 characters per agreement would also possibly make foreign policy comprehensible again. 

I like that idea. Then they could live in their home districts, where they'd actually have to face their constituents, and we could turn the Capitol building into an ice-skating rink. It would make the whole lobbying thing a lot tougher, too.

Write a learned paper. I'll co-sign and we'll both be famous.

Now if only legislation could be restricted to a 140-character limit...