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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 12:49 AM Jan 2019

So what's next? Just wait President Collusion out? Idea...

How about something that doesn’t commit us to anything? But gets him on the record.

Dem Press conference:

“We need the following deliverables, Mr. President, for us to consider your request,
Please deliver:

1. Exact location (L 1 = Point A to Point B) for southern border wall construction per your request

2. List of affected US landowners, acreage, who will need to be renumerated,

2. Any pertinent governmental statistics on crime levels related to L 1.

3. Type of wall you envision being built? Please submit description and prototype design plans

4. A list of known vendors and their financials — companies who distribute supplies and materials that can produce your prototype? **

5. Your measurement plan for assessing effectiveness? i.e. goal for achieving crime reduction?

6. Environmental assessment (by US government preferred vendor)

** will the Canadian vendor of steel slats be on the list...the company with 40% Russian ownership be listed?









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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
5. Don't want to look for it, but did you see the cartoon talking about why wouldnt
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 01:07 AM
Jan 2019

Mexico just build stairs on their side? It was brilliant

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
8. Exactly the point. He can't answer any of this. Ball in your court. Btw, as a business person
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 01:59 AM
Jan 2019

In construction, he should be very familiar with questions like this. Hell..maybe he should have every Apprentice contestant with him in WH to help him think.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
9. You are asking for empirically measurable outcomes from someone who doesn't know how
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:00 AM
Jan 2019

to spell "hamburgers".

Rump sez: "You want 'projections'? I'll give you 'projections'. Hillary for prison 2016."

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. That's the point, he won't answer these questions. But, by our side asking, it shows reasonableness
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:02 AM
Jan 2019

and takes politics out of it. It also will show his request is bullshit if he doesn’t.

I bet trump has presented information like this dozens of times in the private sector while pitching various construction projects. He must be thinking he’s reached the top now and can just say, I want this.


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
12. We know he doesn't understand any of it
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:57 PM
Jan 2019

He could hire people who do understand it, but that takes time and money. Judging by what we know so far about what he has done, he obtained only the bare minimum information. I mean, look at how he got them to construct various model wall sections. He's already looking toward the end without considering any of the prerequisite studies. I don't even know (though I highly doubt) if he consulted with any scientists about the ecological effects. Now we have agencies screaming at him that the damned wall will disrupt the butterflies. And we know about that only because the wall with cut directly through the butterfly preserve. How many unstudied ecosystems will be imperiled? And that is considering building the wall is even possible! He would not care if half of the wall toppled over within a year of its completion.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
13. Well it's likely he used to know, but either he forgot construction feasibility process or thinks
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 06:26 PM
Jan 2019

Since he’s king now, none of it applies to him anymore...he’s above everyone. Crazy

So what do you think will happen in the next three weeks? He still doesn’t have any leverage.

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