Donald Trump tests eight 30ft high walls for border with Mexico

Sky News ^ | Wednesday 27 December 2017 | By Greg Milam, US Correspondent

[jdsteel]

They stand like surreal monuments in the California scrubland: prototypes of Donald Trump's proposed "big, beautiful" border wall between the US and Mexico.

The eight 30ft high slabs are the first tangible part of the controversial project that the US President says will help solve America's immigration problems.

[dragnet2]

Well sure, all those millions crossing the deserts can just plug into the outlets on wall. “Hey jose, were going to walk 40 miles across the desert to the border, you carry the acetylene tanks!

Right.

[shotgun]

This country wasn’t controlled by environmentalist and other left wing, zero growth, earth first commie whack jobs when we built the interstate freeway system.

[deport]

I know they have to address one area and then look for solutions in another area.

But what do they do for the influx coming in from the far east, Asia, etc? Some data
is beginning to show these numbers to be as high or higher than from the South.

[shotgun]

I say we just build the same border protection system that the Isreali’s have.

[BeauBo]

"The ones with the see-thru bottoms are failures."

Customs and Border Protection really like the see-through (bollard) designs, so they can see when folks approach the wall from the Mexican side. People trying to cut holes, or even trying to scale, need some time to bring their tools into operation and work. They are much less willing to do it where they open to observation. Eighteen foot Bollard barriers have been pretty successful so far (compared to other existing designs), but some young men (drug mules) have gotten good at scaling them.

A second barrier on the North side of an Enforcement Zone (no-man's land) could be a solid wall, that blocks them from seeing where the cops are.

Two 30 foot barriers (high as a three-storey building) makes it super challenging. Only fit young men stand any chance, and they are limited in what they could carry, or what tools they could bring for the second barrier. Add to that the much greater chance of being caught (or badly hurt in a fall), and few will try it. The Border patrol in such areas will be like the old Maytag repairman, with little to do.

[JonPreston]

There is an iconic, award winning photo (yet to be taken) of Donald Trump standing in front of the final version of the wall, arms outstretched.

[Ouderkirk]

I like them all, but would prefer that the top be electrified at 17.6 kV. Instant death for any who would consider scaling it or attempting to defeat the top level.

[moehoward]

Second from bottom right. Do we have a estimated cost for each?

[shotgun]

If you invert that design it would be much more effective against scaling.

[dznutz]

....or The Great Wall of China. Over Thirteen thousand miles of it build 2000 years ago.

[CurlyDave]

...So far, not a Mexican dime has been offered nor collected...

He never claimed that Mexico would pay up front for the wall.

Most of understood perfectly well that the US would pay for construction and that Mexico would reimburse us over time.

Build the wall now, establish control of the border, and tax remittances. Mexico will pay, sooner or later.

[Yo-Yo]

Well, darn, you got me there.

[fso301]

Three of those four could easily be defeated by a rope and grappling hook

[Red Steel]

Coulter plays “stupid” attempting some reverse psychology nonsense.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Which one has the best electrical current?

[odawg]

“The wall is dependent on a promise that the President seemingly can not keep. He promised over and over that Mexico would pay for the wall.”

He stipulated that payment would be in some form, such as a tax on imports. He never maintained that the Mexicans must hand over a check, like the skit on SNL.

However, most of us just want a wall. The savings from keeping out illegals would pay for the wall fairly quickly.

[Windflier]

"Donald Trump's proposed "big, beautiful" border wall..."

That's President Donald Trump, jackass.

[Red Steel]

And wall sensors and timely responses would take care of attempted cutting breaches.

[Red Steel]

In 8 years or less Trump will get the wall.

[CottonBall]

“Mexico has not yet provided the money to build the wall..”

Trump never said how it was going to be paid for. It could very well be retroactively.