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Trump visited the US border this week & said rock climbers tested his wall & agreed it cannot be climbed. But Mexicans have turned Trump's wall into a tourist attraction & are playing a game to see who can climb it the fastest, no ladders or ropes needed. The record is 45 seconds
Link to tweet
panader0
(25,816 posts)There's a big difference. None of the many top climbers in the world
knew any other climbers who "tested" Trump's wall. What a farce.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)MontanaMama
(23,357 posts)May his name be associated with failure for generations.
lastlib
(23,323 posts)"Dump a trump"--what we do on the toilet. That's how I will remember him.
mnhtnbb
(31,408 posts)Some pal of 45--or maybe himself-- is making a bundle on this at taxpayer expense. Worthless in terms of security.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Disaffected
(4,570 posts)I thought the actual wall, for one, has a smooth flat section on top (not that would prevent throwing a rope over or using a ladder).
There has go to be more to it than what is shown here(?).
brush
(53,924 posts)Landowner and environmental claims have to be adjudicated in court before any building can take place and that will take years.
For instance, it was reported last week that a subdivision on the Rio Grande will have to be on the south side of the wall between it and the river because ya can't build a wall in the river, or even close to it so it won't be undermined by river water.
The homeowners are not happy. I'm sure they've contacted lawyers.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)We have construction on small parts threw what was small, wildlife sanctuary areas.
The tribes down here are putting up a fight against parts of the wall that would go threw their lands. It's has slowed the building down some but it is slowly getting built down here. And with the issues of what has been happening to the immigrants being held down here, no one is really paying attention.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)StarryNite
(9,461 posts)It just kills me what it's going to do to the animals. Sickening.
brush
(53,924 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 22, 2019, 04:46 PM - Edit history (1)
Walls can be breached, climbed or tunneled under. That's just reality. Sensors, cameras, lasers etc. can do the job much more efficiently and at a fraction of the cost.
But trump fancies himself a builder, with many contacts in the industry btw, and multiple billions has been stolen from the military and FEMA funds and other places for wall funding.
That much moola, just ripe for misappropriation, kickbacks from contacts who get wall contracts, makes you wonder.
What a stupid, pointless waste of taxpayer money. Just to feed his bloated ego.
NJCher
(35,765 posts)Why not take those multiple billions to try to help the people who want to cross the border have a better life? I know that part of the problem is the drought in Central America, but instead of this backwards, bullheaded approach of a wall, why not do what we can to face the problems and find a place or a way the people can survive?
This is the most horrible leadership. A real leader would look for solutions, not do stupid things like this idiot wall.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)"The tallest wall is not tall enough to keep the smallest man from climbing", from the song " I'm Still Alive".
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)pandr32
(11,631 posts)Likely no tests were done. He would have wanted to be there and have a photo op.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Frost recited his poem, "The Gift Outright." at the JFK inauguration (at Kennedy's request). Frost was unable to see the poem he'd originally written for the occasion (Dedication) due to the glare. Two years later, at Frost's death, JFK issued a lovely tribute statement. Trump didn't have an "inaugural poet" but a parody showed up on line referring to Obama as a tyrant.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)"... I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me ... "
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)patphil
(6,230 posts)Speed climbing the Great Wall of Trump!
Individual records, team records, king of the hill contests.
Awards for most creative approach.
And best costume.
The possibilities are endless!
Not to mention the group selfies at the top of the wall.
Patrick Phillips
StarryNite
(9,461 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,634 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Let's rename it !!!
OBAMA'S WALL !!!!
Pass it on....
ancianita
(36,160 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)I had to print this out...
To leave this conspicuously yet anonymously tor a particular workplace MAGAt who was spouting praises of our country's great leader who will save us from those "bad hombres" via that stupid wall some months back.
Hilarious on it's own, doubly so if I get to see the look on her face.
packman
(16,296 posts)Expert Mountain climbers with all the equipment, ropes, and those spiky shoes vs. Mexicans motivated by proving Trump's an asshole.
Blue Owl
(50,532 posts)Donald Trump is a stupid fuck who doesn't know jack shit
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)for wire fencing. Jerkoff wants another 3 billion from the military. Methinks he and his cronies and pocketing the monies.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)Obvious to everyone but the CiC is that the wall is not a matter of national security.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)and is delivering a fence.
The reason I am noting that is MAGAT mind. Wait...is that an oxymoron? Wait...was that a pun? Gee.
They were probably seeing something in their wee noggin's like, the Great Wall of China and all they get is a steel slat fence. Oh my! What an amazing and impenetrable barrier that is, too. To me, that's a big ripoff for the Trumpateers, but do they notice that?
Hey, let's spend spend billions more on it why don't we while the idea gets floated about removing homeless people?