This is something said by the President* of the United States on Thursday.

They say a wall is medieval, well so is a wheel. A wheel is older than a wall...The wheel is older than the wall, you know that? There are some things that work. You know what? A wheel works and a wall works. Nothing like a wall.

Neither walls nor wheels are medieval. Some walls are. Some wheels are.

Why do we bother?

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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