Posted on 09/28/2019 11:17:54 AM PDT by bgill
President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects slated for Guam, a strategic hub for U.S. forces in the Pacific.
This may disrupt plans to move Marines to Guam from Japan and to modernize munitions storage for the Air Force.
About 7% of the funds for the $3.6 billion wall are being diverted from eight projects in the U.S. territory, a key spot in the U.S. militarys efforts to deter North Korea and counter Chinas growing military.
The administration has vowed its only delaying the spending, not canceling it. But Democrats in Congress, outraged over Trumps use of an emergency order for the wall, have promised they wont approve money to revive the projects.
(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...
Yeah, let’s defer to Guam and let the nation be swamped in North America.
LOL
Shakes head... I think Guam will survive for a few more years.
That’s the first thing I thought of. Less money means less likely to capsize.
How many democrats had their hands in the Guam cookie jar?
“How many democrats had their hands in the Guam cookie jar?”
At least the 23,000 Guamites that voted for Hillary. 7000 voted for Trump.
Give it back to Spain.
So...who cares??? Build the wall!!!
“Moving 5000 Marines off the island will surely tip it over”
Not only that, melting sea ice, causing a rise in ocean levels, will flood the whole Island. /s
Like the hurricanes which are their Atlantic counterpart, Typhoons don’t destroy every square inch of ground. But even if every area escapes the beach the storm surge on the coast does tear up parts of the beach every time and the port facilities, desalination plants, and roads have to be along the beach.
We could use Guam as a repository of all the illegal criminals that we catch between now and election day
I was being sarcastic....
Of course we build the wall
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.