In defending his racist plan to build a wall along
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Posted On: 05/25/2020 10:07:34 AM
In defending his racist plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump claimed that wheels and walls date from the medieval period, which is off by thousands of years.
"They say a wall is medieval — well, so is a wheel," Trump said in January. "A wheel is older than a wall," he added, incorrectly.
If wheels and walls seem like they have been around for thousands of years, not hundreds as Trump claims, it is because they have. Walls date back at least 10,000 years, while wheels appear in the historical record just over 5,000 years ago, according to archaeologists.
"They say a wall is medieval — well, so is a wheel," Trump said in January. "A wheel is older than a wall," he added, incorrectly.
If wheels and walls seem like they have been around for thousands of years, not hundreds as Trump claims, it is because they have. Walls date back at least 10,000 years, while wheels appear in the historical record just over 5,000 years ago, according to archaeologists.
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