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“It seems like they are cutting corners everywhere,” said Alex Mayer, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. “It’s not a Lamborghini, it’s a $500 used car.”
It’s always a grift with these people. Always.
Shoddy implementation, or no implementation at all, is part of a fraudster’s MO.
Those who support Trump support fraud. He says he’s for law and order, but cops arrest cheats like him everyday.
Are the grifters going to have to pay for its demolition and removal?
Not while Fat Nixon is round…
This is no surprise: the more money spent on the project, the less there is for their pocket.
OK, a three-mile stretch of fence on a 2,000 mile border doesn’t even have to fall down. Just walk around it.
The Wall™ is going to wash away and end up in Mexico.
Last November, We Build the Wall representatives met with Customs and Border Protection officials about donating the group’s first border wall project — a half-mile fence in Sunland Park, New Mexico, just outside El Paso.
Build a piece of shit in a riverbed that will fall over without constant maintenance, then get rid of it by “donating” it to the government. Then, profit???
“It’s not a Lamborghini, it’s a $500 used car.”
So on-brand with the Orange Menace =Oil Used Car Salesman pitches!
Based on a geotechnical and structural inspection…
Its conclusion: “The geography at the wall’s construction location in comparison to the river bend is not at a favorable location for long-term performance.”
All told, Bannon et al were dumb enough to build in the wrong direction!
Could this be the crowning achievement of Infrastructure Weak?
Aha.
Bannon? I thought Mexico paid for it?
Donnie’s Great Wall of Ghina.
Yes, this may a feature. More donations will have to be collected for on going support of these walls. Premium cars require more premium maintenance. Premium border walls may be similar in nature.
You’re not doing too good when Turnip says you’re showboating.
'Nuff said.
No termites in this home, says the seller.
Inspector pokes a spot with the screwdriver. It sinks in up to the handle.
“We Build the Wall” translates into plain English as “We Fleece the Rubes”. This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
Language is always evolving.
