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riversedge

(69,709 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:45 PM Jan 2019

" the U.S. Army will be the primary contractor building President Trump's border wall.".............

It is the daily mail but AP is a co-author.





Shutdown enters third week as Trump reiterates demand for $5.7 billion in wall funding and White House reveals that Homeland Security is already working with the ARMY to build it



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6564047/Democrats-plan-pressure-Trump-reopen-government.html

Acknowledgment of military's role in wall construction came in a letter to Congress
from the White House budget office
White House official said Monday morning that the letter's reference to the U.S. Army was 'no mistake'
Customs and Border Protection is spending money 'n concert with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,' the office said
Trump has argued that a wall between the U.S. and Mexico is needed to block drug cartels and human traffickers from flooding the United States
DailyMail.com asked the president aboard Air Force One in September whether he had a 'Plan B' for his wall if Congress was too stingy with money
'We have two options,' he said then. 'We have military, we have homeland security'


By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com and Associated Press


Published: 00:27 EST, 7 January 2019 | Updated: 11:18 EST, 7 January 2019



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The White House continued to insist on a $5.7 billion price tag to end a partial government shutdown on Sunday, declaring for the first time that the U.S. Army will be the primary contractor building President Trump's border wall.

The latest demand, which House Democrats have declared dead on arrival, came in a letter to key Democratic House committee chairs outlining Customs and Border Protection's readiness to break literal new ground with taxpayer dollars.

'In concert with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CBP has increased its capacity to execute these funds,' said the letter from the White House budget office.

'The Administration's full request would fund construction of a total of approximately 234 miles of new physical barrier and fully fund the top 10 priorities in CBP's Border Security Improvement Plan.'......
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" the U.S. Army will be the primary contractor building President Trump's border wall."............. (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP
Hopefully it will not happen . . . Iliyah Jan 2019 #1
No, it won't zipplewrath Jan 2019 #2
and it will be to Blackwater or whatever they call themselves now. treestar Jan 2019 #3
Somehow, someway, money will end up in Trump's pocket emulatorloo Jan 2019 #7
Then the cost will be $5 billion times 15. FSogol Jan 2019 #4
I believe they need congressional approval for the funds as well... cynatnite Jan 2019 #5
Absolutely zipplewrath Jan 2019 #6

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. Hopefully it will not happen . . .
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:50 PM
Jan 2019

and he's planning on a way out of the WH, although push come to shove, they will have to take him out kicking and screaming.

Again, justice shall prevail.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
2. No, it won't
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:14 PM
Jan 2019

The Army Corp may be the primary contracting authority, but they generally subcontract out the actual work. They may do much of the design and engineering. They may even conduct some testing and inspections. But even much of that is often contracted out.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
5. I believe they need congressional approval for the funds as well...
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:30 PM
Jan 2019

The money has to be specifically designated and they need the house for that. Even if they did find the money, there will be lawsuits galore, eminent domain issues, the Native American tribes that are on the border as well they'll have to contend with.

I don't see this thing getting done.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
6. Absolutely
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:32 PM
Jan 2019

He can fuss all he wants, the hoops to be jumped through will give plenty of time for lawsuits galore. I suspect in the end this stalemate will be settled by congress authorizing funds, but they can't be spent until certain conditions are met, that will never be met.

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