Posted on 08/28/2019 2:48:33 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars’ worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.
He also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly, those officials said.
Trump has repeatedly promised to complete 500 miles of fencing by the time voters go to the polls in November 2020, stirring chants of “Finish the Wall!” at his political rallies as he pushes for tighter border controls. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed just about 60 miles of “replacement” barrier during the first 2½ years of Trump’s presidency, all of it in areas that previously had border infrastructure.
. . . Trump conceded last year in an immigration meeting with lawmakers that a wall or barrier is not the most effective mechanism to curb illegal immigration, recognizing it would accomplish less than a major expansion of U.S. enforcement powers and deportation authority
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The entire excerpt is excrement.
More fake news from the Amazon Post.
President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars’ worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.
Not a bug, it’s a feature, it’s also pure B.S.
Ooooh, the “concentration camps” trope stopped working.
Pivot to “Orange Man’s fence is ruining the environment.”
Fact is, property owners along the border have posted beaucoup photos of the festering garbage heaps left on their property by the border jumpers.
Pravda on the Potomac.
<< and disregard environmental rules >>
Iow, some lizards might be inconvenienced. The horror.
I want the border wall to be black because it will get even hotter in the sun.
Hot = Harder to get over.
Change this to Obama and the year to 2014. The same presidential powers apply.
The Pests article is Fake News.
Who are you going to believe, the President or the Washington Compost? In many places, the fence he is replacing was two strands of broken barbed wire.
A very sad state the Washington Post is now.
Simply an agenda driven rag not worthy of the bottom of a bird cage.
Every bit the equal of the N.Y. Times.
I thank whoever placed bed bugs throughout the Times building. The Post deserves the same.
BULLSHIT.
When President Trump said that a wall is necessary, but law changes are also required, the FAKE NEWS twisted his words and came up with the above crap.
These bastards cannot be trusted, not one bit.
Not even Fake News, it’s Phony News. “Fake” implies a reasonable counterfeit. “Phony” is an obvious fraud, which is this Washington Birdcage Liner screed.
Troubling, if true. But considering the source...
Chronic liars lie. That is what they do . What’s new ?
“according to current and former officials involved with the project.”
I see.
“President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars’ worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.”
Probably all fake news BS, but I hope DJT is doing exactly as accused.
One can. surmise from that sentence the writers at WaPo are as ignorant about paint as they are likely ignorant about anything else in construction. Matte and flat are not a type of coating, they're a description of the paint's sheen (shininess for you WaPo writers). A matte or flat finish is achieved by the addition of fine particles, such as talc, to the paint which rise to the surface on drying creating minute irregularities in the surface and breaking up the reflectivity of the finish. A matte or flat finish is therefor less slippery than a gloss or smooth finish.
I remember that even in Commie Kalifornia, after a nasty L.A. earthquake, they suspended half of the ridiculous and regular building rules in order to fix the freeways much faster. There were even cash incentives for finishing sooner. Many of us stated our opposition to reinstating those ‘unnecessary’ rules later.
“Trump conceded last year in an immigration meeting with lawmakers that a wall or barrier is not the most effective mechanism to curb illegal immigration, recognizing it would accomplish less than a major expansion of U.S. enforcement powers and deportation authority”
I really DOUBT he ‘conceded’ jack. Each piece serves its purpose. Doing some other aspect has its own purpose. It’s not that you do this OR you do that, you do it all, if it that is what’s needed.
The wall is to prevent ILLEGAL ENTRY. And the people it blocks are people who could not legally enter this country. This include people who have been deported, felons, druggies, MS13’s, cars with bad paint jobs, etc. It’s a REALLY GOOD idea to try to keep them out. Only a Wall can do that.
But yes, we have God know many others in the country Illegally already, including of course people who sneaked in, but mostly others where were screened, such as visa overstays (a huge group) - but they did enter legally, so they were looked at and approved - so, theoretically, not as bad a bunch of people, but still here illegally, now. It certainly would be nice to send them home too.
And then there is the Central American ‘refugee’ caravans. The loophole allowing them in to the country simply needs to be closed, so that is a key ‘mechanism’ to keeping the country safe too. They are screened when they come, but still get in, and that needs to end.
And you have the people who hire Illegals - they need to be held accountable, but still are not. That is something I’d like to see Trump do more on, and he should be able.
So, it’s not A or B or C or D. It is ALL OF THEM, addressing different areas of illegal immigration, that need to be worked.
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