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Just. Wowzers...
I can imagine the executive order was like: "Post exactly this message!!"
They go... ok, kemo sabe Preznutz, you gots it.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/12/12/walls-work
In case it gets fixed...
WE ARE BUILDING THE FIRST NEW BORDER WALL IN A DECADE.
DHS is committed to building wall and building wall quickly. We are not replacing short, outdated and ineffective wall with similar wall. Instead, under this President we are building a wall that is 30-feet high.
FACT: Prior to President Trump taking office, we have never built wall that high.
Please, just wake me when it's all over.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It is a manhood issue.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)You give 5 bill now.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)👍🏼
spanone
(135,874 posts)this has got to be the onion....please tell me so?
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)It is definitely a dot gov site
Glorfindel
(9,734 posts)ICYMI in English. ICYMI. written abbreviation for in case you missed it: used on social media when posting something that is not new. I love learning new stuff!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)Pluvious
(4,315 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Could be Russian. Could be Chinese. The missing articles (the) are the clue. Both of those languages don't use articles, so when they're missing like this, it's a clue. Maybe they're outsourcing their press releases? Weird stuff.
Pluvious
(4,315 posts)When I first saw it (TYT video) , they and I were of the mind it came from the Groper itself.
But...
Check out the two links in post above...
Who the hell is running our departments ?!!
I'm in danger of getting Crazy Fatigue !!!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)...
So weve done a lot of work on the wall; a lot of wall is built. A lot of people dont know that. A lot of wall is renovated. We have walls that were in very bad condition that are now in A1 tip-top shape. And, frankly, some wall has been reinforced by our military. Our military has done a fantastic job. So the wall will get built, but we may not -- we may not have an agreement today. We probably wont. But we have an agreement on other things that are really good.
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THE PRESIDENT: -- if we got $5 billion, we could do a tremendous chunk of wall.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/transcript-of-the-heated-exchange-between-trump-pelosi-and-schumer-2018-12-11
He does use 'the' or 'a' for it sometimes, but it's generally like a commodity - "we can produce a lot of wall/oil/cheese".