President Donald Trump is getting mocked by the blue-check media over this illustration of what he envisions a “Steel Slat Barrier” on the U.S.-Mexico border would look like. There are dozens and dozens of responses, but CNN’s Jim Acosta is pretty much indicative of what they’re all saying:
Huh? After attending rally after rally during the campaign with chants of "build the wall" and promises that Mexico would pay for it, this is where we end up? A cartoon image of pointy spikes unveiled days before Christmas as the government is on the verge of a shutdown. https://t.co/SoFkNikmXw
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 21, 2018
Except, according to Vox’s immigration reporter Dara Lind, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it:
Uh, hot take: that design is actually a decent representation of what bollard fencing looks like
— Dara Lind (@DLind) December 21, 2018
I will never understand why people find bollards mockable, they were the gold standard in barrier design _before Trump was president_
— Dara Lind (@DLind) December 21, 2018
Everyone else in 2017: LOL A SEE-THROUGH WALL
Me: he means bollardsEveryone else in 2018: LOL STEEL SLATS
Me: he means bollardsEveryone else now: LOL CARTOON
Me: …yah those are bollards— Dara Lind (@DLind) December 21, 2018
And with that, we’re totally done with 2018.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 21, 2018
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