"As for the "recognition" of the current situation in America based on the experience of the war in the Balkans, this has been happening for years. We recognize the same racism, the same nationalism, the same hatreds, the same obsession with "belonging", etc., etc. One of the main symbols of Trump's rule is the symbol of the wall. How many symbolic, physical and mental walls were built during the war in the former Yugoslavia? There is no end to them. I've always had more sympathy for bridges than for walls."