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French construction giant Vinci says 'non' to helping build Trump's wall
TheLocal.fr ^ | 21 March 2017 10:47 CET+01:00

Posted on 03/21/2017 5:43:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The CEO of the French construction group Vinci said Tuesday that he would not participate in the building of any wall on the US border with Mexico, called for by President Donald Trump.

“I have to take into account the reality of my company, our culture, our way of doing things and our sensitivities, not only those of my American colleagues, but around the world,” Xavier Huillard told BFM Business television.

“For these reasons, and this is not at all a value judgment on the United States, we prefer not to touch this wall.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; buildthewall; france; vinci
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To: Olog-hai

I didn’t think the French had any construction companies.


21 posted on 03/21/2017 6:10:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: Olog-hai

Oh no this means we won’t have the wall. Oh woe is me. I


22 posted on 03/21/2017 6:10:47 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Olog-hai
" 'If we decide to do something that's likely to offend a majority of our employees, I think it's wiser to avoid it,' Huillard said."

He must have all muzzies working for him. Better to keep your head eh, Monsieur?

23 posted on 03/21/2017 6:11:28 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Labyrinthos

First, one needs to become an approved bidder.

This jamoke was on the approved bidders list?

Sounds like a lot of BS, AKA false news.


24 posted on 03/21/2017 6:15:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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To: Olog-hai

They didn’t submit the winning bid, hmm?

It’s okay, they don’t need to come all the way from France to build our wall. There are plenty of American and Mexican companies planning to compete on that project.


25 posted on 03/21/2017 6:17:37 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Olog-hai

Lafarge knowingly did business with isis.


26 posted on 03/21/2017 6:17:56 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Why the French ? So that we could fart in the general direction of the Mexicans.


27 posted on 03/21/2017 6:20:13 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Olog-hai

Pretty sure DJT will say, “non” when hordes of Muslim raiders overrun the borders of France, again. No new American cemeteries along the shorelines of France.


28 posted on 03/21/2017 6:20:24 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Olog-hai

I bet that he was never asked so he faked an “decline”


29 posted on 03/21/2017 6:20:24 PM PDT by Lee25
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To: Olog-hai

We want American companies to apply.


30 posted on 03/21/2017 6:23:04 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Regulator

I’m announcing now that I will build no walls in France.


31 posted on 03/21/2017 6:24:30 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: Olog-hai

The building of, ‘Our Wall’ had BETTER go to an AMERICAN company! And NOT one owned by Democrats!

OMG! That just occurred to me! The Husband or Wife of some lame-ass LibTard MIGHT win this contract!

Aaaarrrggghhh!


32 posted on 03/21/2017 6:29:16 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe he should look at the wall that Hitler built on the beaches of Normandy. Maybe he should look at that small piece of land that belongs to America near those beaches where we buried our dead. Maybe he should STFU


33 posted on 03/21/2017 6:36:15 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Olog-hai

I see this as a good thing. They could hardly help themselves if they included automatic open gates and illuminated signs that instructed the defenders to drop their weapons and raise their arms above their heads, all at the press of a button.

This time though, for the French, there isn’t likely to be any American interference to the annoying sound of hobnailed boots that will intrude on their coffee sipping along the Champs-Elysées.


34 posted on 03/21/2017 6:37:31 PM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: Mr. K

700 miles?

Try 1,700 miles. Build every foot of it.

Just saying.


35 posted on 03/21/2017 6:38:22 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

If that happens there, they are definitely not going to settle for one side of the Atlantic. At all.


36 posted on 03/21/2017 6:57:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Nobody asked him.

Hopefully, his shareholders and the market punish him the way they have other showboating social justice warrior CEOs.


37 posted on 03/21/2017 7:01:00 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: Olog-hai

I heard the Bin Laden Construction Company also has refused to build the wall.

Ho hum.


38 posted on 03/21/2017 7:02:06 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: Olog-hai

F#CK THE SURRENDER MONKEY FROGS.


39 posted on 03/21/2017 7:11:22 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Bechtel or Fluor can do the job just fine.


40 posted on 03/21/2017 7:13:24 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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