'Donument': GOP lawmaker's bill would make Trump's border wall a national monument

A Republican House member has an idea for preventing President Biden from tearing down former President Donald Trump’s border wall. Make it a monument — or rather, a “donument.” Rep. Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina Republican, announced Tuesday that he had introduced the Donument Act last week on the House floor. “This bill would protect the southern border wall built by President Trump by creating a ‘Southern Border Wall National Monument,’” Mr. Cawthorn said on his Twitter account. “This is the first step towards finishing the wall,” he said. In a news release, he noted that the memorial designation would “give[] the monument permanent protection from alteration,” though it was unclear whether such a designation would also prevent the wall from being completed should Mr. Trump or some other wall-friendly Republican win the White House in 2024. The chances of the bill passing in the Democratic-led House are minimal. Nevertheless, Mr. Cawthorn praised the wall segments Mr. Trump was able to build as having “reduced drug and human trafficking, and throttled the flow of illegal immigration.” “If Biden refuses to finish the wall, you can be sure that American patriots will do everything in their power to protect it,” he concluded. Washington Times

The bill number is H.R. 2390, although the text is not available yet.

though it was unclear whether such a designation would also prevent the wall from being completed should Mr. Trump or some other wall-friendly Republican win the White House in 2024. 

There is nothing unclear about it. Presidents of both parties have expanded the boundaries of existing monuments. For instance, Obama, in addition to his 26 new national monuments, added  465.2 million acres to existing monuments.

End the monument where the wall is completed, build another x miles of the wall and designate the new section as an addition.

This bill is a great way to show what a farce many of these national monuments really are, and a fun way to demonstrate the need to revoke or amend the Antiquities Act.