Back in 2017 Donald Trump was the new kid on the block and America seemed to have one big question. Will the “Donald” actually build his historical wall and if so, what will it look like? The world has seen many walls built in the past. There was the great wall of China built way back when.

Other great kingdoms of the past tried to build great walls to keep people out, or perhaps to keep people in. The most recent wall of our time was the Berlin Wall. This wall was a great success, for Russia. It was satisfying for them in that it helped them to keep what was left of their Berlin — their way. It prevented the East Berliners from leaving the despised and decrepit area the Russians planned to turn into a “worker’s paradise”.

People being people the great wall in Berlin was an eventual failure for the Russians. Escape from the East became the news. It made good television for the “West” as the world-wide daily news seemed to consist of heroic escapes. and tearful reunions of Berliners. John F. Kennedy became an instant hero when he later stood at the edge of this ugly symbol of political slavery and proclaimed “Ich bin ein Berliner” on June 12,1963. In 1987 Ronald Reagan stood at the same site and said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Joe Biden might well have said the same thing. He hated Trump’s wall as much as Trump liked it. Luckily for America, Biden left it alone but ordered construction to end on his first day behind his desk in the Oval Office. Security at the border relaxed and illegals swarmed across. By the millions. I think that this alone was a big factor in the American’s decision to turn President Joe Biden out. That and Biden’s obvious mental lapses and his aging.

Other than telling the border guards to machine-gun the illegals down in cold blood stopping the flood of these illegals will continue to some extent even as Trump hastens work on the rest of this wall. And my big worry: How will we ever get our hard work done by these hardworking and faithful illegals if we run them all off. I’ve heard more than one local wonder how we would have ever gotten our hail damaged roofs fixed without the hard work and sweat of our Mexicans. Who indeed will do the fieldwork around Bakersfield? Not me. I hope President Trump doesn’t spoil all that. Anyone remember John F. Kennedy’s immigration Green Cards? I’ll bet the folks in Bakersfield, California do. Solved our immigration problem at once. Allowed us to keep the useful hard workers and enabled us to sort of keep track of them, too.

Meanwhile, back to Trump’s wall. In AD 122 a guy named Hadrian built a wall across England. It served its purpose and won him praise from stonemasons in Scotland. Suddenly all of Scotland loved Hadrian. Prosperity abounded. Meanwhile there’s a Hadrian from New Mexico who is bidding on building the Trump wall and wants his name on it. Why not? He is a building contractor. But he wanted it named after him. He wanted to cash in on his name. He wanted to build motels and such and make money off tourists who might like to see the wall for themselves. No mention of the illegals spending the night in his motels. But Trump supposedly never acted like he knew New Mexico’s Hadrian. For sure he wasn’t from Scotland.

So, our New Mexico Hadrian has faded away as Trump is getting his post-hole diggers and other tools ready for his own new wall. I imagine some of our locals from the Tupelo-Allen-Coalgate area will be down there looking for a job.

Have a good week as we prepare for the Christmas Holidays. Be sure and go to church on Sunday.

Wayne Bullard, DPh

cwaynebullar@gmail.com