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Donald Trump has blamed reports about a section of his border wall falling over on the Fake News, claiming in a tweet the wall fell due to big winds and had since been fixed forever.
Last week the Fake News said that a section of our powerful, under construction, Souther Border Wall fell over, the president wrote.
He went on to say that the media was trying to make it sound terrible, but the reason was that the concrete foundation was just poured & soaking wet when big winds kicked in.
The president also claimed the section of his long-promised border wall was quickly fixed forever after the incident.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-blames-border-wall-falling-172900836.html
Big winds, the kind that blow when Trump talks or when he passes gas?
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to let the foundation or footer cure before putting a structure on it.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Forever is a long, long, long time.
Well, for about $10 US, you are over the darn, rusty fence, but why not spend billions on it anyway because the Fuhrer Wall is appeals to the fright-filled Republicans and Evangelicals who need to feel surrounded by his Big Brother arms and Great Wall of Infamy.
So much destruction, (ecosystem, sacred sites, etc.). Such a waste. All to give a false sense of security to people who would but Lady Liberty in solitary confinement if they could. Oh, I shouldn't be giving them ideas.
It's heilarious, in a way, but that kind of money would serve higher, human priorities well.
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)"The BEST big winds, bigger winds than Obama ever had."
VOX
(22,976 posts)And the idiotic wall-fell-due-to-uncured-concrete was only described by Trumpist spokespersons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
With Trump, its ALWAYS someone/something else thats out to to get him. A 24/7 victim.
lame54
(35,287 posts)tanyev
(42,552 posts)Disaffected
(4,554 posts)The reason it blew over was that it was not braced sufficiently to keep it vertical until the concrete cured.
Even someone building a fence in their backyard knows that.....
ramen
(790 posts)knows that nothing is fixed forever. What a goddamn lie dumpster aflame
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)She'll beat you every time.