Could Trump's "big, beautiful wall" be a profit engine — for him?
Could Trump's "big, beautiful wall" be a profit engine — for him? Trump's entire career has been mired in corruption. Why should his ludicrous border wall be any different BY SHYAM GAWANDE During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Donald Trump made it quite clear that he is still fixated on "building a wall on the southern border," though he has quietly dropped his repeated promise that Mexico would pay for it. There is certainly reason to be concerned that Democrats may consider voting for a bill that includes wall funding, in exchange for a provision that would offer Dreamers -- undocumented young people brought to America as minors -- a path to citizenship. Letting Trump have his stupid wall, the thinking goes, is a small price to pay to protect young immigrants. For one thing, if Democrats regain control of the government in the next few years, they can zero out funding for the wall before ground is ever broken for ...