President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on February 12, 2019. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)
On Monday, a reporter for Inside Defense, Mallory Shelbourne, suggested that President Donald Trump sparked the idea for a wall at the U.S-Mexico border after watching an episode of The Sopranos.
Shelbourne said that in one of the episodes of The Sopranos that the main characters discuss building a border wall. She detailed her theory on Twitter.
Read her thread below.
ATTENTION WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS: Do any of you know if President Trump watched/is a fan of The Sopranos? Hear me out...— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558390562.0
Bobby Baccalieri (Tony Soprano’s brother-in-law) and Carmela Soprano wanted to build the wall in 2007. Could this b… https://t.co/ESqsCl0Dsc— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558390678.0
The scene is in the premier of the last season’s second part. Bobby, Janice, Tony and Carmela are in the Adirondack… https://t.co/7lVVDvVuBn— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558390793.0
The conversation is about immigration and how Bobby’s grandfather had to come into the US through Canada because of… https://t.co/SPwLgjTSNr— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558391150.0
Bobby then says: “They oughta build a wall now though, I’m tellin’ ya.” To which Carmela responds “Amen.”— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558391210.0
This should be the first question at the next White House briefing, IMO. We need answers.— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558391250.0
Honestly, learning that Trump got the idea for the wall from The Sopranos would mean the last few years make sense. https://t.co/dtXD5fkcCS— Mallory Shelbourne (@Mallory Shelbourne) 1558391496.0
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