Mexico is making a sport of climbing Trump's wall..

[HipChick]

It's such a failure,very soon he will disown it, and call it Obama's wall...

[BigmanPigman]

1. Dems should use this in ads!

[Fresh_Start]

42. Ad should state...20 seconds to go over the wall. 10 minutes to walk around it.

it.s like it is not even there.
4 million dollars down the drain

[pwb]

2. Yea, ah shit thats funny.

.

[Mike 03]

3. Dem Campaign Chairpersons take note...

I expect to see footage like this is ads for our nominee come next autumn.

[DetlefK]

4. Someone should add this wall to an obstacle-course e.g. in a game-show. And call it the "Trump-Wall

"And here comes our next contestant. The time to beat for the Trump-Wall is 15 seconds. Can he do it?"

[Newest Reality]

10. Maybe start the course...

With: The New Trump Swamp filled with floating effigies of his minions and other disgusting detritus. Since the Fence/Wall is so easy, there should be a few extras before you to get to it.

Maybe a court of bouncy balls mixed with hypodermic needles from the homeless, just after the labyrinth of cages.

[rampartc]

12. mexican ninja warrior?

those guys would go up the wall easily.

[democrank]

5. So far, 17 recommendations....and climbing.

[Wounded Bear]

16. 29 now, and counting...

[world wide wally]

6. What happened to the "anti-climb"?

Those 20 professional mountain climbers he had testing the wall must have been Republicans.

[patphil]

19. In the end, it was anti-climb actic.

[3catwoman3]

28. Ooooh, well said!

"Anti-climb actic" -

[lunatica]

31. They must have been particularly out of shape too

and old. Like past 70 years old. With concomitant maladies like diabetes, arthritis, etc.

I know. i’m 71 and can’t do that.

[thesquanderer]

35. Trump probably figured, he couldn't climb it, so nobody could.

After all, nobody can do anything better than he can.

[lunatica]

37. There you go!

Exactly!

[Coleman]

7. I think this is an existing wall

not part of IQ45's wall. His slats are square (with the angles pointing out) and sheet of metal (about 5+ feet from the top.

[pangaia]

25. there is at least one other video of young guys climbing 'his wall'

[lunatica]

33. There is no wall built by Trump

All the money spent so far was allocated to fix and maintain the wall that was already there. Which doesn’t do the job either.

[thesquanderer]

38. I believe there has also been some replacement wall. (n/t)

[lunatica]

40. It's possible, though in only the

last week or two I read that no new wall (Trump wall) has been built. I found this link of a story written last month.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/aug/30/donald-trumps-border-wall-how-much-has-really-been/

[thesquanderer]

41. Your link confirms, some old wall has been replaced with new wall.

So while there has been no increase in total miles of fencing, there is some newly built wall that was used to replace old wall.

from the article: "To date, the administration has replaced about 60 miles of dilapidated barriers with new fencing" (italicized in the original)

[lunatica]

43. This work was already set to happen before Trump

The funds were already allocated.

Perhaps it seems nitpicky but facts are stubborn things. It doesn’t matter who is President. The work would still be done.

The fact is Trump and all his blustering chest beating hasn’t built a single thing while president.

[thesquanderer]

44. Yes, funds were already allocated, but those replacement walls were built during Trump's tenure...

...so a possible question to consider is, whose design was used to build those replacement walls? i.e. did they use a pre-existing design, or did they use a new "Trump administration" design...?

[lunatica]

45. I'm not going to argue the facts.

If you think a copy of something is as valid as the original and which was paid by someone else’s funds is your business. I don’t think facts need to be argued.

[thesquanderer]

46. I'm not arguing facts, I'm questioning what they are.

If the replacements were of identical design to the originals they were replacing, that's one scenario. If the replacements used a different newly developed design, that's another scenario. Unless I missed it, the article did not say which of those things were done.

[lunatica]

48. If someone adds some paint to a Rembrandt can he just claim he's the artist?

For Trump they have erected samples of walls. Prototypes.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/10/26/trump-eight-border-wall-prototypes-marquez-dnt-ac.cnn

And click on the thumbnail video under the prototype video to see what the wall really looks like.

[thesquanderer]

54. I don't know which thumbnail you were trying to direct me to...

...but I did find a video that answered my question about replacement of existing wall (I'm not talking about repair or "adding some paint to a rembrandt," I'm talking about actual replacement for parts of the barrier, which is part of what has been done), and a Jake Tapper report said that the money earmarked for this purpose specifically could only be spent on existing designs approved prior to May 2017, which he said precluded using any new Trump-approved design for the replacement portions. That's the info I was looking for, that even the newly constructed replacement wall has been built with old designs.

Video at https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/08/trump-border-wall-construction-fact-check-tapper-vstan-orig.cnn/video/playlists/trumps-border-wall/

[HipChick]

8. Wall will be mocked forever..

[lunatica]

34. Change that to Trump's wall will be mocked forever.

LOL!

[greyl]

39. That's not "Trump's wall"

There is no such thing, and the video is several years old.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. I knew this would happen...

But I didn’t know it would be this awesome!

I love Mexicans!

[grantcart]

30. Those were Americans climbing on the American side.

[lunatica]

36. Lot's of Latinos on our side of the border speak English

and are American citizens. The girl on the right looked like she may be Latina to me.

[grantcart]

47. The person I was referring to said "I love Mexicans" and I assumed that he thought it was the

Mexican side of the border.

You can tell it is the American side of the border because the access road next to the fence is part of the Border Patrol's road network. That road not only allows for vehicular access but, more importantly, it is graded (like a baseball diamond at 7th inning) so that they can see tracks for those that have jumped from the Mexican side. You can see that the width of the road is more than anyone could jump but experienced border crossers bring their own screen made of brush so that they can wash the obvious signs of shoe tracks away.

I spend 90% of my day talking to Latinos who speak English and am currently in Douglas half a mile from the border. Not sure why you commented on the likely ethnic origins of the jumpers because my comment had nothing to do with any ethnic identity.

My point was simply that the title of the OP was technically incorrect, these are Americans climbing the fence from the American side.

[lunatica]

49. I misunderstood your comment

I apologize. I thought you were claiming that since the girls were on the American side then they couldn’t be Mexican or Latinas. Sorry about that.

[grantcart]

50. np

[Cracklin Charlie]

52. Sorry, was going off the title of the post.

My bosses (18 months and 6 months of age) do not always allow me to read for comprehension.

I still love Mexicans, and I have been waiting to see videos of folks from anywhere scaling the “wall”.

[Newest Reality]

11. Easy!

So, did that trigger the "super secret electronic system" embedded in the fence? I didn't see a sudden response by ICE.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. It takes mere minutes to dig under it or cut through it.

If the wall was stronger, basically it would keep out women and children and young fit men still would be able to get in.

[procon]

14. Go girls! nt

[UTUSN]

15. K&R

[onenote]

17. That video is from 2011

Highlighting it only would strengthen Trump's argument for a higher, better wall.

[LanternWaste]

26. Which would in turn, only strengthen the argument for taller ladders

"a higher, better wall..."


Which would in turn, only strengthen the argument for taller ladders.

Chicken.
Egg.

[ismnotwasm]

18. That's on old video but

Looking at it made me wonder, so I found this article

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/pictures/u-s-mexico-border-wall-what-it-really-looks-like/

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Our tax $$$ at work...

[SCVDem]

21. Every climber must have a Sharpie!

They need to write, "Fuck tRump! at the top and post it.

[Hekate]

22. Love it, love it, love it

[spike jones]

23. a simple rope ladder would enable the small or less fit to climb it. n/t

[B Stieg]

24. Giving the lie!!!

Walls don't stop but only slow people down...

Satire is an effective response to The Madness of King tRump.

[njhoneybadger]

27. New event of the next X games

[yellowcanine]

29. Damn, less than 18 seconds! Must be the hot steel which makes them so fast!

This is even funnier than the Mexicans stealing the concertina wire to put around their houses.

[olegramps]

32. His next option will croc filled moat and mines.

[klook]

51. They must have asbestos palms!

Isn’t this thing hot enough to fry an egg?


Great video — thanks for posting.

[Blue Owl]

53. ...the failing "Trump Wall"