From the New York Times:

‘Game of Thrones’ Does Not Say What Donald Trump Thinks It Does By James Poniewozik, Jan. 4, 2019 … Thursday, on his Instagram account, he rolled out the sequel: “The Wall Is Coming,” with the president giving an Ice King stare over a rendering of a spiky barrier. It was, superficially, an apt use of imagery. HBO’s epic does feature a massive border wall, stretching across the border wastes of the fantasy realm of Westeros. The slight problem — spoiler alert for anyone who isn’t caught up, including, apparently, the entire White House staff — is that at the end of the most recent season that wall spectacularly collapsed, done in by the (blue) fire and fury of a zombie dragon.

So there.

All any migrant needs is a 51 foot ladder and a zombie dragon, and the wall won’t last more than 8,000 years. LOL, Drumph!

However, while Game of Thrones is all very fine, the truly decisive question is: What does Harry Potter have to say about walls?

Wrath of Gnon thinks he knows:

Walls are holy and boundaries matter, this is something thinking people instinctively understand. Even Hogwarts was surrounded by a wall. pic.twitter.com/bBlMWwhMQH — Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) August 2, 2018

Dave Weigel has a broader point of view:

Sci-fi/fantasy stories in which a giant wall is ineffective at holding back a threat:



- Game of Thrones

- Attack on Titan

- The Passage

- Zone One



Stories in which a wall proves to be totally effective? — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 3, 2019

Real life countries in which a giant wall is effective at holding back a threat:

Israel

Moroccan West Sahara

India

Finland

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