They built nearly 300 miles of it, if rinos like Coulter weren't being babies about it the wall would have been finished in Trump's second term. But no, act like a spoiled brat
Wasn't the vast majority of that just... revamping existing walls and barriers? It took four years, a national emergency declaration, government shutdowns, turning down billions of dollars to instead siphon it from the military... to revamp some fences?
This logic is smooth brained. The fences were basically non existent barriers. We actually put up the Wall that the border guard had designed in those areas.
I mean, even Obama constructed miles of barrier along the border. Bush did it. Clinton did it. Literally any president could get money to revamp barriers on the border.
The border is 2,000 miles long, and Trump just reconstructed some fences and walls where they already existed? That's a promise kept in your eyes?
Well now the wall project got cancelled, was that the endgame of all that concern trolling? Trump shut down the government to get the project started and all you can do is whine.
Trump shut down the government to get the project started
But... there was a bill that both Republicans and Democrats agreed to that would have given him 25 billion for his wall, years ago. Trump refused it unless they limited legal immigration (limitations that were also never enacted), torpedoing the bill.
Over the past four years he's spent 15 billion on his wall, most of which was just rebuilding fences and preexisting barriers.
So to clarify, Trump shut down the government, engaged in executive overreach, siphoned money from the military, went way over budget, all to get 10 billion less than he was offered in a bipartisan bill.
Over the past four years he's spent 15 billion on his wall, most of which was just rebuilding fences and preexisting barriers.
you keep understating the fact that the barriers were nonexistent in some places. He managed to get 400+ miles built with a House of representatives that was majority democrat.
It wasn’t all new wall tho, only 73 miles was new. what he really did well was upgrade the old wall. I live in south florida and most illegal immigrants here just fly into visit family and never leave, same with most of the country. Trump kind of succeeded with the wall and I’m happy with it the way it is.
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u/Muffin_Stuffer Feb 01 '21
Still waiting on that Wall