I mean, on the one hand this is the same bullshit bolovating that gave us The Wall. Just billions upon billions of dollars pissed away on projects that failed to do anything except fatten a few wallets, wreck the local ecology, and piss off a bunch of ranchers and vacation-house renters.

On the other hand, “War on Homelessness” on the eve of the next big recession sure sounds like some tasty red meat for a bunch of desperate, embattled governors and mayors looking to shore up their support among the Suburbaniti.

Just like immigrant-baiting burned as a cause du jour among Republicans long after it went out of style nationally, I can see Trump turning brutalization of the homeless into the new Anti-Woke crusade.