Some truths about the wall:
09.09.20-Trump on Tuesday seemed to finally admit that Mexico hasn’t paid to build the border wall as he has repeatedly vowed. Then he suggested yet another way he could get the cash: toll booths. “And you know, Mexico is paying for the wall,” he said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday. “Just so you understand, they don’t say that. They never say it. But we’re gonna charge a small fee at the border. You know, the toll booths.” “We’re putting a small toll on and maybe we’re going to do something with remittance,” Trump added. “All the money that we spent on the wall will be coming back.” Trump has built 300 miles of wall, although much of that was a replacement for existing border fencing. Just 5 miles are new wall. Mexico hasn’t paid for it. Instead, Trump used U.S. taxpayer money for the segments of wall built during his administration and raided billions from his own defense budget to get the cash.
08.24.20-Click-John Oliver on the Wall
08.20.20-Prosecutors in New York on Thursday announced they have arrested four suspects, including Steve Bannon, who allegedly engaged in a "scheme" to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors to a "We Build the Wall" online crowdfunding campaign. Bannon, as well as Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
08.14.20-Not a single mile of new fence had been built someplace where there hadn’t already been a barrier.
06.26.20-A federal appeals court in California on Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s use of Pentagon funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is illegal.
-Mexico is not paying for it-you are
-Flood gates have to be open all summer
-Smugglers cut through the bollards using common tool
-Can be scaled with handmade ladders and ropes
etc. etc. etc.
-The Washington Post reported smuggling crews have been sawing through new sections of the structure using inexpensive power tools.
09.09.20-Trump on Tuesday seemed to finally admit that Mexico hasn’t paid to build the border wall as he has repeatedly vowed. Then he suggested yet another way he could get the cash: toll booths. “And you know, Mexico is paying for the wall,” he said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday. “Just so you understand, they don’t say that. They never say it. But we’re gonna charge a small fee at the border. You know, the toll booths.” “We’re putting a small toll on and maybe we’re going to do something with remittance,” Trump added. “All the money that we spent on the wall will be coming back.” Trump has built 300 miles of wall, although much of that was a replacement for existing border fencing. Just 5 miles are new wall. Mexico hasn’t paid for it. Instead, Trump used U.S. taxpayer money for the segments of wall built during his administration and raided billions from his own defense budget to get the cash.
08.24.20-Click-John Oliver on the Wall
08.20.20-Prosecutors in New York on Thursday announced they have arrested four suspects, including Steve Bannon, who allegedly engaged in a "scheme" to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors to a "We Build the Wall" online crowdfunding campaign. Bannon, as well as Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
08.14.20-Not a single mile of new fence had been built someplace where there hadn’t already been a barrier.
06.26.20-A federal appeals court in California on Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s use of Pentagon funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is illegal.
-Mexico is not paying for it-you are
-Flood gates have to be open all summer
-Smugglers cut through the bollards using common tool
-Can be scaled with handmade ladders and ropes
etc. etc. etc.
-The Washington Post reported smuggling crews have been sawing through new sections of the structure using inexpensive power tools.
