Border wall

Eight prototypes of President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall stand in San Diego, California, at the Otay Mesa port of entry. They’re made of concrete, steel, and other materials, and designed to withstand even the most persistent breaching tools and intrepid climbers. Constructions crews spent roughly a month erecting the prototypes, in the first major step the Trump administration has taken toward fulfilling a January executive order to “immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border” which the president signed shortly after taking office. Then, tactical teams took over. Here’s what happened:The Trump administration commissioned six contractors to construct eight prototypes. Four of them were concrete, and the rest were made of “other materials.” Source: Business Insider The Trump administration required that the prototypes be between 18 and 30 feet high. Source: … [Read more...] about Tactical units spent weeks trying to breach and climb Trump’s border wall prototypes — and they’re nearly impossible to scale

President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed NAFTA and again promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall “directly or indirectly.” Trump said his idea of the wall had “never changed.” His remarks followed articles by The New York Times and The Washington Post saying Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, had told Democratic lawmakers that Trump had previously been uninformed on the issue and was no longer considering building a wall along the US’s entire southern border. The US, Mexico, and Canada will meet to discuss NAFTA next week in Montreal. Some expect Trump to withdraw from the deal entirely. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning bashed the North American Free Trade Agreement and again promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall. “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of … [Read more...] about ‘The Wall is the Wall’: Trump pushes back after reports said his chief of staff talked him down on the border wall

President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that his proposed wall along the southern border of the US needs to be transparent. The comments echoed earlier remarks Trump made about a see-through border wall. President Donald Trump reiterated the need for his proposed massive wall on the southern border of the US to be “see-through” during a Wall Street Journal interview published Thursday. While funding has yet to be secured for the wall, the president explained why the wall needs transparency. “If you have a wall this thick and it’s solid concrete from ground to 32 feet high which is a high wall, much higher than people planned,” he said. “You go 32 feet up and you don’t know who’s over here. You’re here, you’ve got the wall and there’s some other people here.” “If I’m standing here, I want to be able to see 200 … [Read more...] about Trump doubles-down on the need for a ‘see-through’ border wall because he wants ‘to be able to see’