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Highline landing page - HuffPost Toggle navigation Created with Sketch. Stories that stay with you. About Us Who We Are Contact Us November 24, 2019 Trump Got His Wall, After All A SMALL, DEDICATED CREW OF HARDLINERS HAS PUT UP BUREAUCRATIC BARRIERS THAT ARE FAR HARDER TO OVERCOME THAN ANY HUNK OF CONCRETE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. Story By Rachel Morris Trump Got His Wall, After All A small but dedicated crew of hardliners has created bureaucratic barriers that are far harder to overcome than any hunk of concrete on the southern border. Rachel Morris Stories that stay with you. Subscribe to our newsletter. You can always unsubscribe. -- Sign up What If The World Treated The U.S. Like a Rogue State Under Trump, the United States is capsizing the climate, emboldening dictators and trashing diplomatic norms. In the corridors of power in Brussels, Paris and Berlin, the idea of sanctions sounds less outlandish by the day. 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