Jerry Brown Calls Trump Wall Proposal ‘Absolutely Preposterous’

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Source: Bloomberg

“It would create such tension with our closest neighbor that, probably, a dumber idea I can’t imagine,” Brown said Thursday in an interview in Bloomberg News’s San Francisco bureau. Brown, who ran for president himself three times, also said he’s “not particularly” interested in a vice-presidential nomination should he be approached by the eventual Democratic nominee. He isn’t supporting any of the current candidates for president and said all of them need to work harder to gain the backing of the American people.

“We have a crisis of governance in the face of an increasingly difficult and dangerous world, and people are upset,” Brown said. “The campaigns and the candidacies are not all that inspiring.” Brown, 77, is presiding over the world’s seventh-largest global economy, driven by technology companies including Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. and agricultural and manufacturing industries that lead the U.S. Since taking office in 2011, the fourth-term governor has steered the state from repeated budget deficits to surpluses. <snip>

With regard to terrorism, Brown said, the threat of nuclear attacks has been missing from the debate. “The nuclear materials of the world are so widespread and would be so devastating if they were brought to New York or Washington or any other state,” he said. “We have to be prepared to de-fang the terrorists.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-04/jerry-brown-calls-trump-wall-proposal-absolutely-preposterous

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[redruddyred]

1. the biggest problem with the wall is that it pisses off mexico tho

otherwise, jerry brown has done a lot of good in the world, and i liked to hear what he had to say.
i think he underestimates the appeal of trump's rhetoric in abandoned manufacturing towns, where people are married to their sense of place and will not leave. not everywhere can be california.

[Angel Martin]

2. "Trump wall preposterous"

unlike a $100 billion train in the central valley.

[nolabels]

3. Jerry gets an A+ with yes/no - either/or decisions

As far visionary and imaginative ideas, he probably should consult an expert

[Sunlei]

4. USA side is up 20 feet overlooking the split in half border towns, Mexico needs to plant kudzu vine

Kudzu vines 50 feet tall.



Or if not kudzu to block their view, wire fence vine support walls of a very profitable cash crop like blackberries.

[olddad56]

5. If Drumpf cons his way into the presidency, and could actually build the wall...

by the time it was completed, it would probably be needed to keep Americans in, rather than to keep Mexicans out.

[SoapBox]

6. And Rump will unleash a diatribe of bully venome against Jerry...

Because that is what the INSANE bully does to anyone/everyone that dares to speak against him.

I love Jerry...he has been the most stable Govenor that we've had in over 30 years.

And America...if you want to see what horrible would be in a President, just look at the mess that Schwartzenegger made but magnify it by 1,000.

[David__77]

7. I think many voters may not care much about the Mexican government or popular perspective.

I understand the argument that a wall along the border would increase tension with Mexico. At the same time, I think that many voters may not care much about that. I think it's most likely that such a wall could be built without major political mobilization against it in the US.