I found a chunk of the Berlin Wall among my stored items the other day. I purchased it during my visit to Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie some years ago. I’ve taken it from storage to remind myself of when the Berlin Wall that separated neighbors and fellow Berliners for far too many years came tumbling down. It’s an appropriate item to ponder now that President Trump insists on building a similar wall along our southern border. If that wall is ever built, someday, like the Berlin Wall, it, too, will be torn down when we realize it should never have been built in the first place.
My chunk of misshaped Berlin Wall concrete is stamped with an emblem, to prove its authenticity. I predict that when the Trump wall comes tumbling down, it will be branded with his insignia, the one that emblazons all his real estate holdings. A future chunk of official Trump southern wall concrete may then be seen as proof of his folly and a legacy of ongoing misguided policies that are fracturing our nation.
Robert Israel
Arlington
