Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India

Jonathan Freedland compares Donald Trump's proposed border wall with the impenetrable 2500 mile Great Hedge of India constructed in the 1840s to control trade between British India and the Princely States. Producer: Laurence Grissell.

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Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.