The One Wall Question

Before getting to that one question, a brief update.

I'm heading back from CES now.  I spent a half-day at the Sands Convention Center, largely to see the Eureka Park showcase of international pavilions, start-ups and crowd-sourced companies.  It's a bit odd compared to the rest of CES but very enjoyable.  Perhaps I'll write more on it later, though I'll definitely include it in my final Big Wrap-up.  

Then, I took off and stop in Primm Valley at the Nevada state line where they have three hotels and a pretty nice outlet mall. I've been to the mall and have checked in, where I am now.  I then head all the way back tomorrow, when I have a slightly shorter drive by a half hour.  By the way, the outlet mall is still pretty nice -- stores like Williams-Sonoma, Polo Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Tommy Hilfiger, and more.  But...it's a shadow of itself.  About 60% of the stores are empty, which is a shame. 

Anyway, I'll keep this short.

There's of course been a huge amount of talk about Trump's wall for the past couple weeks.  The U.S. government shut down over Trump's wall.  So, there's one question I'd love a reporter to ask Trump, or Sarah Huckabee Sanders or any Republican elected official.  Or any Republican, for that matter.  But mainly Trump.

What is the wall going to be, exactly?

To be clear about this question, I mean -- What are the plans for building it, exactly?  Where will it be, exactly?  What are the designs for it, exactly?  What will it be made of, exactly (since that's switch A LOT of times)?  How much will it all cost, exactly?  How will eminent domain claims be made, exactly?

What is the wall going to be, exactly?

And keep in mind if someone says that those details will be figured out -- these aren't pesky details.  These are the core issues.  If someone asks you for $5 BILLION (and no experts say it will close to that "little," more like $25 BILLION or perhaps more...depending on what it actually is) -- wouldn't you want to know EXACTLY what it was for and EXACTLY how all those billions of your money were was going to be used???  Yes, of course you would ask.  You'd ask that if someone asked you for $1,000.  Congress probably would, too.

And keep in mind, too, if someone says that those details will be figured out -- Trump has been talking about building a wall for THREE YEARS.  And he and Republicans haven't come up with any of those details by now?!!  If Trump -- and the Republicans, who are the ones supporting the wall and the government shutdown -- haven't come up with any of the details of what the wall exactly is (including all those question) after THREE YEARS, then that should show you and show any thinking, caring, rational person that Trump and Republicans in Congress do...not...care...at...all...about...any...wall.

​Period.