01/09/2019 02:54 am ET Updated Jan 09, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. Says Border Wall Is Like A Zoo Fence Protecting You From Animals

Critics slammed the president's son over the Instagram message.

Donald Trump Jr. is getting called out for an Instagram message he posted that compared the proposed border wall to a zoo fence.

“You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?” the son of President Donald Trump wrote in an Instagram story on Tuesday night. “Because walls work.”

Trump, who in the past has compared immigrants to a bowl of Skittles in which some of the candies were poisoned, was quickly slammed on social media:

Immigrants as caged animals, from the First Son pic.twitter.com/nsAJRASvnM
— Emily Jane Fox (@emilyjanefox) January 9, 2019

Omg https://t.co/1xzw5WGzyj
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) January 9, 2019

@DonaldJTrumpJr is going to get to know life behind bars very soon. pic.twitter.com/7aAlPeIOe7
— Buisson (@Buisson2020) January 9, 2019

The son of the President of the United States just compared immigrants seeking asylum to zoo animals.

Good night, America. pic.twitter.com/T7VBCuU36w
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 9, 2019

I hope the First Son gets to find out just how efficient walls really are... pic.twitter.com/VD6I8Ihrvn
— Norseman Actual (@NorsemanActual) January 9, 2019

They do say the quiet part loud, don't they?
— KevDog (@kevdog) January 9, 2019

Just the first son equating poor brown people and children to animals. I wonder if this is gonna be received with the same outrage the “let’s impeach the mf” remark did.
— Vivian Vacca (@ViviVacca) January 9, 2019

Actually I can't enjoy a day at the zoo right now. The National Zoo is currently closed due to the #TrumpShutdown
— Unraveled (@just4hra) January 9, 2019

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