How many times do we have to be reminded that Donald Trump is a failure? From the doomed businesses to unfulfilled campaign promises, next to nothing ever turns out the way Trump bloviatingly describes it.

That is especially true when he prefaces a grand plan as “something the likes of which nobody has ever seen before.” It’s usually the case that nobody will see it at all because it doesn’t happen.

Take two of the architectural monstrosities Trump has promised to bring to pass with never-before-seen magnificence, only to find out the structures are built on swamps, hemorrhaging billions of dollars, and collapsing under the weight of his overrated grandiosity.

One just went under. The other is still under construction, but it’s hanging by a very loose two-by-four.

Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention facility Trump anointed as the future of border enforcement, will be gone after only nine months in operation, sinking back into the muck of the Everglades from which it was improbably dredged. The day before its opening last summer, Trump said, “this was so professional, so well done.”

So much for that. The state of Florida has........

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