Yes, Trump, the Vatican has some big walls, BUT, and this is a BIG BUT --

[pnwmom]

anyone can stroll though the gates who isn't stopped by the metal detectors. And millions of visitors do every year.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/world/vatican-walls/index.html

Yes, the Vatican does have walls, and some are quite large. But anyone can stroll through the Pope's front yard -- St. Peter's Square -- at nearly any time. Only metal detectors stand between the iconic landmark and the millions of tourists who come to see the historic headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

In other words, Vatican City may have walls, but the front door is always open, said the Rev. James Martin, a Catholic priest and editor at large at America magazine.

"The fortifications were built a very long time ago," Martin said. "This Pope didn't build them -- and he certainly didn't build them to keep out poor migrants.

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To all those tweeting photos to me of the Vatican walls that supposedly keep people out, a photo I took. Drop by!

[Cha]

1. trump is an idiot.

[Greywing]

2. I've absolutely run out of adjectives to describe the fool ...

in the White House. I hope the rug is going to be pulled out from underneath him soon.

[Cha]

8. trumps thoughts on his wall..

Link to tweet

[underpants]

4. This was a RW talking point a few years ago

He really is only repeating what the people on TV tell him.

[EffieBlack]

3. You don't even need to go through metal detectors to get inside the walls.

You just need to get screened if you're going into one of the buildings.

[fierywoman]

5. It's a collonade, not a wall. A place to stroll. The Vatican is always open to anyone coming via

the streets of Rome: no gate, no checkpoint. Maybe a metal detector to get into the church and/or museum, but that's it.

[k8conant]

6. Houses have walls too...and doors.

[KT2000]

7. I hear they have windows too

it's like they can open to let the sunshine in.
He is really losing it.

[Princess Turandot]

9. Here's the Vatican's 'Wall' at St Peter's Square in Google Street view...

I'm not sure it would keep out the average octogenarian, had that actually been the intent:

https://goo.gl/maps/nGgLnJHHJkk

It has pedestrian openings at either end. If you rotate the view, you'll see that a wide Roman thoroughfare, the Via della Conciliazione, leads straight to the square. The fence marks the countries' boundaries, and it also keeps people/tourists from trying to drive their cars right into the square.

The bottomless stupidity. I wonder what genius in Trump's orbit suggested this comparison.

[pnwmom]

10. Thanks!