Trump Administration to Start Building Border Wall Prototypes This Summer

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



SAN DIEGO (AP) — The agency in charge of U.S. border security plans to start building prototypes for President Donald Trump’s proposed wall with Mexico later this summer.

Ronald Vitiello, Customs and Border Protection’s acting deputy commissioner, said Tuesday that four to eight companies will get contracts for prototypes in San Diego that could be models for the roughly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) border. Companies will have 30 days to complete the models.

Vitiello says it’s impractical to build a wall on about 130 miles (209 kilometers) of border where there are already natural barriers, like lakes or canyons.

Trump’s budget proposal for 2018 includes $1.6 billion for 74 miles (118 kilometers) of wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and San Diego. There are currently 654 miles (1,046 kilometers) of fencing.

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[Zambero]

1. Fun with legos

And Mexico will pay for them!

[SCVDem]

2. It's time!

For another Vincente Fox video.

[LOL Lib]

5. Can't wait lol

"We are not going to pay for that stupid fooking wall!"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Here's an early picture.

[Zambero]

10. Much more cost effective with popsicle sticks

Lincoln logs would have been way over budget!

[IcyPeas]

17. that's a close depiction, except

you forgot the Trump logo.

[Freethinker65]

4. Anyone else reminded of Spinal Tap's Stonehenge fiasco?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Yes. Instantly. NT

[underpants]

7. Was just about to post the clip

[Zambero]

8. Bannon and Kushner as dancing elves!

Hippity hoppity over the wee little wall, then they can commence to beat the living crap out of each other once the music stops. Cut!!!

[Freethinker65]

11. Ha! AG Sessions would be perfect

[uppityperson]

12. I was thinking more of Zoolander's school model

[Bayard]

9. $1.6 billion.....

How many people would that buy health insurance for?

[dhill926]

13. good...it will give folks practice....

in tearing it down....

[Javaman]

14. prototypes of walls...

who the fuck is getting this money soaked job?

[louis-t]

15. Wait, $1.6 billion for 74 miles?

and there is 1,216 miles of wall to build if you subtract the existing fencing and natural barriers? So multiply 1.6 times 16.44 and you get 26.31 billion. And it will solve nothing.

[not fooled]

16. It will fulfill its real purpose

Fulfill a campaign promise to the morons who voted for dump because he promised them a wall.

[louis-t]

18. I tell the idiots in my office, Mexico is not paying

you are paying with all that money you made while Obama was president.
Seems to shut them up.

[smirkymonkey]

19. So a trillion dollar tax cut for the 1% and a stupid, useless fucking wall

that is going to cost us billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars and they still want to take all our social programs away?

How is this happening?

[Norbert]

20. Your tax dollars at work

It's a wall not a Goddamn space shuttle.

DICKHEAD