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Report: New White House Chief Of Staff Believes He Has Convinced Trump To Give Up On Border Wall
Daily Caller ^

Posted on 08/01/2017 7:40:22 AM PDT by UKrepublican

New White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly believes he has convinced President Donald Trump to abandon his pledge to construct a large and lengthy wall along the border separating the United States and Mexico, according to The New Yorker.

At a private meeting in tony Aspen, Colorado, two weeks ago, Kelly told a group of high-profile attendees that he had extensively discussed the border wall issue with Trump. Kelly believes he persuaded Trump to abandon his policy goal of erecting a lengthy wall along the 1,954-mile border which the United States shares with Mexico, according to The New Yorker.

Instead of a wall, Kelly said he suggested Trump could utilize a combination of complex monitoring equipment, continuous air surveillance and many miles of fencing can effectively secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

Such a combination of materials and surveillance would be called a “barrier” instead of a “wall,” Kelly told his audience.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borderwall; bs; coskelly; coskellywall; fakenews; thenewyorker; trumpwall; veryfakenews
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To: UKrepublican

If true, one term and out.


41 posted on 08/01/2017 8:12:51 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: FirstFlaBn

Speaking of Rush L.-—has anyone ever had any success emailing him?

For
instance re/the JFK Records limited release?

And/Or Sheriff Arpaio Pardon, etc!!!!

For that matter is the following the correct email addy for RL?

elrushbo@eibnet.us

Dick gaines
aka: Gunny G
*****


42 posted on 08/01/2017 8:13:08 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: RoosterRedux
We all knew the Wall was a metaphor for a multi-pronged solution.

LOL. And when Bush said no new taxes he meant a multi-pronged solution that would not raise taxes too much.

43 posted on 08/01/2017 8:15:33 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: gdani

Two years ago (July 2015), when Trump visited Laredo, he declared that he was aware the there would not be a wall across the entire border with Mexico...that at some places there would be a patrolled fence, at some a patrolled natural border like a river, at some places technology would be used to prevent passage.


44 posted on 08/01/2017 8:24:28 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: kabar

I’m not so sure it’s fake...Sundance at the Conservative Treehouse is worried about this.


45 posted on 08/01/2017 8:27:15 AM PDT by Aria (Uniparty: Conducted the biggest heist ever. Trillions!)
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To: thingumbob

That’s because that’s what the leakers are feeding them. Can’t blame them for that.


46 posted on 08/01/2017 8:27:28 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: UKrepublican

bump


47 posted on 08/01/2017 8:34:00 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: UKrepublican
Kelly is a Comey Fan?
 
https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=Kelly+Comey
 
Looks like he and the DOJ's head Poodle herder are pals too...
 
 

http://duckduckgo.com/?q='Jeff+Sessions'+'John+Kelly'

48 posted on 08/01/2017 8:37:23 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Loud Mime

We need a wall because administrations come and go. A BIG beautiful wall will make it harder for future admins to revert back into old behavior.


49 posted on 08/01/2017 8:40:50 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: UKrepublican

No no no! Another administration can just stop funding for it or stop enforcing it. You can unfund an already built wall! A wall works no matter who is in charge. Build the Wall!!


50 posted on 08/01/2017 8:46:58 AM PDT by pangaea6
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To: UKrepublican
Cr** article...

Please remember that in the past, a wall was a synonym for a fence.

This article simply says we're not talking about a solid concrete wall....well duh....look at the designs that were submitted.

Wall = Barrier

I believe this is just a rehash of an old article...inserting Kelly into the mix.

51 posted on 08/01/2017 8:47:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: UKrepublican

Uh huh. Trump is so inept that he needs his chief of staff to tell him what to do. Trump is so wishy-washy that he needs Kelly to advise him on policy. Yes sir. /Sarc


52 posted on 08/01/2017 8:48:39 AM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: datricker

You haven’t seen the designs. A couple are awesome.


53 posted on 08/01/2017 8:49:00 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: gdani

Years ago...Hillary described a Wall along the border as a fence. I’ll try and find it.


54 posted on 08/01/2017 8:51:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Loud Mime

Because they cant get back in.
Go back to DU.


55 posted on 08/01/2017 8:52:00 AM PDT by MrEdd (long hours)
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To: UKrepublican

Only true if Trump plans on a single term only.


56 posted on 08/01/2017 8:59:12 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: datricker

We also voted for healthcare repeal.

That died.

The wall was always a vapor project for me.

The swamp won this round.


57 posted on 08/01/2017 8:59:53 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: Loud Mime

And what happens when Trump is gone and a Democrat is in office?


58 posted on 08/01/2017 9:05:21 AM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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To: UKrepublican

This is total BS. DHS just announced its waiving a bunch of environmental rules so the Trump wall prototypes can be constructed and tested.


59 posted on 08/01/2017 9:07:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Pinkbell

An unpatrolled wall isn’t much of an impediment to crossing the border.


60 posted on 08/01/2017 9:08:07 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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