The Department of Defense opted not to complete at least three border wall construction projects, at least for the time being, because the undertaking is too expensive.
This will no doubt be the first Duncecap Man will have heard of this. Heads will roll.
Retroactively.
Stall until donnie is gone and get your funds back.
When Trump tells the DOD to go to war with Iran under the command of Saudi Arabia will they decide the war is too expensive?
No wall, Don. I tried to tell you. No wall, period.
Defense Dept Stalls On 3 Border Wall Projects Because They’re Too Expensive
Of course of all options, having the DoD building the wall is going to be more expensive by an order of magnitude (maybe two), these are the same guys buying 3000 dollar toilet seats. Hire one of those Mexican contractors with the beat up truck that gets his labor from the Lowe’s parking lot and he will get that wall build cheap and on time.
So the Army Corps is laundering Mexican money? So confusing, so confusing…
No I like the idea of red states having their project money taken away. Or red counties in blue states.
That’s more than a hundred million dollars for every mile of WALL. Must be one hell of a wall.
“According to a new court filing on Monday, flagged by Politico, the Defense Department determined it couldn’t afford the project, which would’ve built 20 miles of fencing and other border infrastructure like lights and would’ve cost $2.5 billion.”
So, $125 million a mile? And Trump has promised 500 miles of new wall by the end of next year. That’s $62.5 billion.
So basically, Trump failed to steal enough money from Congress to pay his contractors. That seems very on-brand.
Perhaps if they forgo the granite and go with formica.
That’s just the initial cost, don’t forget once you build it then there’s the maintenance of the wall, the cost of court cases where private land is being seized, and the long term costs of this wall will not be affordable.
I heard sources whispering that the DOD is working on a new type of wall that will be the best ever, and that will surely placate the Dotard. This project is code-named , “The Emperor’s New Wall.”
Especially when the Mexicans cut up sections of it and take it to use as building material.
Let’s just hope we can squash the sequel “Emperor’s New Groove”.
Dumb Fuck Don will tell DOD just build it .
We do not need money.
I can show how not to pay contractors and get away with it.
Too expensive and not beneficial.
It is not only the cost of building. In the long run, the costs must include the expensive lawsuits
with landowners over the taking of their property. The Feds won’t pay market value. And, don’t ignore the environmental impacts.
This is the biggest fucking boondoggle and these funds would be better spent crafting a truly humane process to manage refugees. But, I forgot. These are brown people. 
Well the DoD has payed 3000 dollars for toilet seats and over 100 for T-Shirts. If you have a large amount of money that you want to disappear, send it to the Pentagon, they’ll spend it faster than you can spell W-A-S-T-E.