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The four concrete and four steel panels, spaced closely together steps from an existing barrier separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, instantly became powerful symbols associated with the president and one of his top priorities when they went up 16 months ago.
For Trumps allies, the towering models were a show of his commitment to border security and making good on a core campaign promise. For detractors, they were monuments to wasted taxpayer dollars and a misguided display of aggression toward Mexico and immigrants seeking a new home in the United States.
Within about two hours, a hydraulic jackhammer on an excavator leveled seven prototypes. Concrete slabs crashed in small clouds of dust, steel panels were knocked over, and an owl flew out of a steel tube atop one panel just before it thundered down. The last prototype standing took a little more time to destroy.
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Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)tRumpie's wall?
Good goin', guys!
procon
(15,805 posts)He suckered them into building prototype walls, and they spent lots of money on architects, engineers, supplies, equipment and labor to meet Trump's required specs, expecting to win a lucrative government contract. Trump used the sample walls in a 15 minute photo op, then they were demolished. What did the companies get for all that effort?
former9thward
(32,068 posts)They are using the steel slat model and and currently building wall in various areas.
Texas contractor wins $145 million contract to build border wall in Rio Grande Valley.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/border-wall-texas-contractor-slsco-wins-145-million-contract-for-6-mile-wall-rio-grande-valley/
Feds announce award of $287 million contract for border wall replacement in California
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2018/12/21/feds-awards-287-million-contract-border-wall-replacement/2391029002/