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    Trump: Privately-Funded Border Wall ‘Was Only Done to Make Me Look Bad’

    Trump: Privately-Funded Border Wall ‘Was Only Done to Make Me Look Bad’

    by John Binder 12 Jul 2020

    President Trump says the construction of a privately-funded border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border was done to make him “look bad.”

    In a post on Sunday, Trump said he “disagreed with doing” a “very small (tiny) section of wall” by a group known as We Build the Wall, which raised at least $25 million from Americans wanting to help construct a border wall to reduce illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

    A portion of the privately-funded border wall, constructed in just weeks along the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, is under scrutiny for its effectiveness — prompting an engineering inspection to review whether the constructed barrier is eroding.

    We Build the Wall officials have said they contributed $1.5 million towards the privately built border wall project in the Rio Grande Valley region. Defenders have touted U.S. Border Patrol chiefs praising the project’s effectiveness.

    Trump wrote in response to the news:


    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonaldTrump

    I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles.


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    UPDATE: Experts to inspect a controversial privately built border wall following a federal court hearing this am. Govt attorney identified 4 areas of problematic erosion along the base of the fence and the banks of the Rio Grande. Fisher attorney promises fixes, but vague on plan https://twitter.com/JinATX/status/1278687600157614080

    7:32 AM · Jul 12, 2020

    The International Boundary and Water Commission and the National Butterfly Center have sued over the construction of the privately-funded border wall.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Paxton Warner said engineers are looking at four specific areas where erosion may be occurring and attorney for the National Butterfly Center Javier Peña alleges the erosion is significant.

    Trump touted the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) progress on construction of border wall in contrast to the privately-funded project. According to Trump, DHS has built about 240 miles of wall since January 2017 and claimed that 450 miles would be completed by the end of the year.


    Donald J. Trump
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    We have now built 240 Miles of new Border Wall on our Southern Border. We will have over 450 Miles built by the end of the year. Have established some of the best Border Numbers ever. The Radical Left Democrats want Open Borders for anyone, including many criminals, to come in!

    7:52 AM · Jul 12, 2020

    In January, though, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf confirmed that those 450 miles of border wall includes constructed barriers and those under construction, but not fully completed.

    Trump originally wanted between 500 to 550 miles of border wall completed by the end of his first term, but DHS personnel changes, waits on federal permits and contracts, and a slow start in 2017 have delayed construction.

    The nearly 2,000-mile long U.S.-Mexico border has less than 700 miles of existing barrier and the majority remains open. Much of Trump’s border wall replaces dilapidated fencing and vehicle barriers built by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

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    Geez, Trump thinks everything has to be about him! Private citizens built a wall ..... get over it already.

    Trump really makes it hard for a lot of people, myself included, to like him. However, like him or not, I will be forced to vote for him in November. It's one of those "lesser of two evils" deals.
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    I thought these were some pissy comments that made Trump look even worse. He has built very few miles of new wall on our border and can't be trusted with what he says.

    But it sure looks like a bit of a scam if they raised twenty four million dollars for a wall and only 1.6 was actually used to build a section of wall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
    Geez, Trump thinks everything has to be about him! Private citizens built a wall ..... get over it already.

    Trump really makes it hard for a lot of people, myself included, to like him. However, like him or not, I will be forced to vote for him in November. It's one of those "lesser of two evils" deals.



    Yep, like I said. Vote for the lesser of 2 evils. I will vote for him with a scorn on my face, and sick feeling in my stomach, and then go home and throw up!

    They all make me sick, every damn on of them in office! I am sick of Trump's voice, I am sick of him sticking his foot in his mouth, I am sick of him listening to Jared & Ivanka, and...

    I am SICK of him to even mention DACA!

    1) End DACA
    2) Work Permits Expire
    3) Order them removed from the country.
    4) They all go home and get in line like everybody else!
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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