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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump wants his border barrier to be painted black with spikes. He has other ideas, too.
The barrier that President Trump wants to build along the Mexico border will be a steel bollard fence, not a concrete wall as he long promised, and the president is fine with that. He has a few other things he would like to change, though.
The bollards, or slats, as he prefers to call them, should be painted flat black, a dark hue that would absorb heat in the summer, making the metal too hot for climbers to scale, Trump has recently told White House aides, Homeland Security officials and military engineers.
And the tips of the bollards should be pointed, not round, the president insists, describing in graphic terms the potential injuries that border crossers might receive. Trump has said the walls current blueprints include too many gates placed at periodic intervals to allow vehicles and people through and he wants the openings to be smaller.
At a moment when the White House is diverting billions of dollars in military funds to fast-track construction, the president is micromanaging the project down to the smallest design details. But Trumps frequently shifting instructions and suggestions have left engineers and aides confused, according to current and former administration officials.
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"And I want the Rio Grande filled with sharks with laser beams attached to their foreheads."
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)A wet dream...
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)special about him. He ONLY cares about his brand. He wants a pretty wall. He doesn't give two shits about immigration, people coming in, bad people. His puny brain doesn't even go there.
He has the ability to compartmentalize. Read that when in college, he didn't want to learn ANYTHING unless it was about commercial RE.
doc03
(35,543 posts)land mines on the border years ago.