Trump's campaign used the metaphor of 'a wall' to appeal to voters seeking to stop rapid change and return to a simpler past; the most important word in 'Make America Great Again' is 'again,' which evokes a desire to return to an earlier era.
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Tom FriedmanEvidence Quote
“Along came a guy named Donald Trump who came up with a brilliant metaphor which was a wall the wall was supposed to stop immigrants from illegal immigrants from Mexico but it was a metaphor for I can stop the Winds of Change make America a great again the most important word in that sentence is again”
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Thomas Friedman on the Future of America and the World: The Post-Election Dissection (Part 1)— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:18 AM
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