Funny thing is, even knowing that these are all reruns, I assumed the satire here had to do with Donald Trump, and his plans for a border wall.
Then I realised … today’s strip ran in 2010, halfway through Barack Obama’s first term.
There was already controversy about walls, mostly fencing, along the US-Mexico border, with some sections being built under George W Bush, and some construction being halted under Obama, but AFAIK, not yet a word from Trump..
IN fact, Rick Perry, then the Republican governor of Texas, came out strongly AGAINST a border wall (though he later had a post under Trump.)
In any case, Conley was writing this about five years before Trump ever mentioned a wall, so it isn’t about him.
Funny thing is, even knowing that these are all reruns, I assumed the satire here had to do with Donald Trump, and his plans for a border wall.
Then I realised … today’s strip ran in 2010, halfway through Barack Obama’s first term.
There was already controversy about walls, mostly fencing, along the US-Mexico border, with some sections being built under George W Bush, and some construction being halted under Obama, but AFAIK, not yet a word from Trump..
IN fact, Rick Perry, then the Republican governor of Texas, came out strongly AGAINST a border wall (though he later had a post under Trump.)
In any case, Conley was writing this about five years before Trump ever mentioned a wall, so it isn’t about him.