Rich Lowry: Buy Trump off with his border wall
The wall is an enhancement of the status quo rather than a departure from it, and even if Democrats go along for now, it’s not clear that it would ever get built.
FILE - This March 30, 2017 file photo shows a portion of the new steel border fence that stretches along the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico. The plan provides one of the most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)