BORDER/DONALD JR/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump Jr. likened his father’s proposed border wall with Mexico to a zoo fence Tuesday [1-8-19] evening, sparking a sharp backlash on social media from users who thought he was comparing immigrants to zoo animals. ‘You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?’ the son of President Donald Trump wrote in an Instagram post that has since been deleted. ‘Because walls work’…A spokesman for Trump Jr. told the Hill that the post was highlighting the danger and violence associated with unsecured borders and that any other insinuations were distracting from ‘Don’s point that walls equal safety.’ In 2016, Trump Jr. provoked an outcry from critics when he turned to Twitter to liken Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.”
–Jessica Durando, “Donald Trump Jr. compares border wall to zoo fences that hold animals in Instagram post,” USA Today, January 9, 2019 6:36 pm