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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTH!! Have they really put a plaque on the border fence with Trump's name on it?
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Jake Tapper
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There's a real divide among government officials about whether the border fence the president is visiting today is what it says on the plaque bolted to it: the "first section of President Trump's border wall."
Here's what I've learned. 1/
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There's a real divide among government officials about whether the border fence the president is visiting today is what it says on the plaque bolted to it: the "first section of President Trump's border wall."
Here's what I've learned. 1/
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2/ Yes, this replacement fence was planned by the US gov dating back to 2009. All of these barriers have been planned in some way. shape or form for at least a decade. But Trump is the one who pushed for funding and made it a priority, thus the funding was allocated in 2017...
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2/ Yes, this replacement fence was planned by the US gov dating back to 2009. All of these barriers have been planned in some way. shape or form for at least a decade. But Trump is the one who pushed for funding and made it a priority, thus the funding was allocated in 2017...
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3/ ...and with the design that the President approved. CBP officials give Trump credit for making the funding a priority to the degree previous presidents did not.
That said, it's not being paid for by Mexico,..
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3/ ...and with the design that the President approved. CBP officials give Trump credit for making the funding a priority to the degree previous presidents did not.
That said, it's not being paid for by Mexico,..
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4/ ...and a running joke among border agents, a source tells me, is that the plaque will serve as a decent foothold for migrants looking to hop the fence.
Then there's this: the fencing is not an immense concrete wall as once promised....
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4/ ...and a running joke among border agents, a source tells me, is that the plaque will serve as a decent foothold for migrants looking to hop the fence.
Then there's this: the fencing is not an immense concrete wall as once promised....
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5/ The president was convinced by experts in his administration that bollard fencing was much smarter than a concrete wall. So he went with that.
But that's why we have a fence with a plaque on it calling the fence a "wall." Which is on its face kind of strange.
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WTH!! Have they really put a plaque on the border fence with Trump's name on it? (Original Post)
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
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Reminds me of the plaque on a Trump golf course about a Civil War battle that never happened
underpants
Apr 2019
#3
I had forgotten about that. Was that connected to the Bowling Green Massacre?
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
#12
It'll look really great when they put it into a crucible and melt it down to recycle into ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#11
Used to be, darn near every sign in the desert was used for target practise.
JohnnyLib2
Apr 2019
#15
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)1. Simple explanation:
People will have a place to aim when they have to relieve themselves on the way into the US.
Solly Mack
(90,771 posts)2. His ego demands it.
Sick, demented fuck.
underpants
(182,828 posts)3. Reminds me of the plaque on a Trump golf course about a Civil War battle that never happened
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)12. I had forgotten about that. Was that connected to the Bowling Green Massacre?
underpants
(182,828 posts)14. No it was pre-that nonsense n/t
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)19. He had input on that plaque, personally. Unnecessary EXCLAMATION! marks.
Unnecessary quotation marks.
Both sides.
nykym
(3,063 posts)4. Steal
the Plaque
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)5. Like the cur that he is, he needs to lift his leg and mark his territory. nt
spanone
(135,844 posts)6. All part of trump's No Reality Show
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)7. How long until this silly hypocrisy is vandalized?
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)13. They certainly picked a scenic spot for it.😁
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)16. Looks Cheap AF. Just like Trump.
That's not gonna last.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)17. I noticed the sign says This Plaque was Installed on Oct. 26, 2018
This is to fool his followers into believing that he's building his stupid wall. No new wall has been built, only replacement fencing.
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What appears to have happened: Border Patrol accurately described the project in early 2018 as long-planned replacement fence, then Trump's team decided in late 2018, having not built any new wall, that it was going to brand replacement fence as his wall, so a plaque went up.
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What appears to have happened: Border Patrol accurately described the project in early 2018 as long-planned replacement fence, then Trump's team decided in late 2018, having not built any new wall, that it was going to brand replacement fence as his wall, so a plaque went up.
former9thward
(32,023 posts)21. There is a wall right behind the plaque with barbed wire on top.
Not a "fence".
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)20. "Trump's Border Wall." Not his border, not his wall.
UTUSN
(70,708 posts)9. Cue the pick axes and spray paint!1
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)18. He'll probably have spotlights and an armed guard there 24/7.
panader0
(25,816 posts)10. At first I read it as "put a plague" on the wall.
Where's my readers?
marble falls
(57,102 posts)11. It'll look really great when they put it into a crucible and melt it down to recycle into ...
an art casting for a sculpture garden.
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)15. Used to be, darn near every sign in the desert was used for target practise.
Just a little history......