Most of them don’t seem particularly bothersome on the merits or particularly surprising. In general, I think it’s best for politicians to say what they will do during campaigns and stick it as much as possible as a sheer matter of democratic accountability. But the Peter Thiel gloss on Trump always seemed pretty apt–his supporters take him seriously, not literally. We are now learning, or getting confirmation of, how much shouldn’t have been taken literally. Trump has admitted the wall won’t ex...