Monsoon rain has torn apart Trump's border wall
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Posted On: 08/22/2021 10:51:20 PM
Monsoon rain has torn apart Trump's border wall
But tempting as it might be to see that as some sort of heavenly karma, the damage to the last guy's pet wall was not only predictable but predicted. Here's a take from Gizmodo:
"It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project. Photos show former President Donald Trump's border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges.
"Who could of predicted this? Ah yes, just about everyone.
"I will build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I'll build them very inexpensively," Trump said when he announced his run for president in 2015. "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
"Mexico did not, in fact, pay for the wall, which led former Trump to declare a national emergency so he could funnel money from other federal projects and programs to build the wall. Nor was the wall inexpensive, costing the public billions in cost overruns. It was, however, chintzily built.
"In the rush to build the wall, Trump sidelined environmental and cultural protection laws. Those laws are meant to protect the natural world and historically significant artifacts and sites. But they also serve the purpose of ensuring multibillion-dollar construction projects don't face catastrophic failures within a few years of being built."
https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-border-wall/
But tempting as it might be to see that as some sort of heavenly karma, the damage to the last guy's pet wall was not only predictable but predicted. Here's a take from Gizmodo:
"It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project. Photos show former President Donald Trump's border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges.
"Who could of predicted this? Ah yes, just about everyone.
"I will build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I'll build them very inexpensively," Trump said when he announced his run for president in 2015. "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
"Mexico did not, in fact, pay for the wall, which led former Trump to declare a national emergency so he could funnel money from other federal projects and programs to build the wall. Nor was the wall inexpensive, costing the public billions in cost overruns. It was, however, chintzily built.
"In the rush to build the wall, Trump sidelined environmental and cultural protection laws. Those laws are meant to protect the natural world and historically significant artifacts and sites. But they also serve the purpose of ensuring multibillion-dollar construction projects don't face catastrophic failures within a few years of being built."
https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-border-wall/
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