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Oh please, every politician does that. I'm going to solve problem X by doing Y. They say it because it gets votes. Not because it's true.

A great example is closing the gun show "loop hole". Is it a smart thing to do? Sure, you can think that. Will it reduce gun crime? Probably not since most guns used in crime are acquired through illegal means.

But it get votes!

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Except Donald Trump skips the Y part of your equation. He just states it will be the "best" or "great" or we'll do it "bigly".

Sure he does! We have a security problem, or an illegal alien problem, build a wall. Do I actually expect him to do that? Probably not. Just like every other politician.

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