Trump on private border wall segment: 'It was only done to make me look bad'

[Ohiogal]

Saying it was done to embarrass him, President Donald Trump on Sunday said a reportedly defective section of his new border wall should not have been built by a private company.

ProPublica and the Texas Tribune reported Thursday that a segment of the wall along the Texas-Mexico border was showing dangerous “signs of erosion“ only months after being completed. The section was constructed by Fisher Industries of North Dakota, whose owner called the design a “Lamborghini.” It cost $42 million.

I disagreed,” Trump tweeted Sunday, “with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles.“ (The misspelling of “perhaps” was part of the tweet.)

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/07/12/trump-border-wall-make-me-look-bad-357706

[soothsayer]

1. It's only 500 miles if you measure the front AND the back

And half the front again.

It’s maybe 215 miles, and 212 were already there.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. So, You're Saying PINO Made Up The 500 Miles?

I'm shocked that he would lie!

[Nevilledog]

6. Only three new miles, rest was replacing existing wall.

Remember when the wall in California fell over due to high winds? That was replacement that trump said fell over due to fresh concrete still being wet.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Man, Is He Dumb!

I didn't recall the "wet concrete" thing.
Monumentally stupid.

[soothsayer]

8. Now, perhaps this only refers to the AZ section:

Link to tweet

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Profile photo, opens profile page on Twitter in a new tab
Yamiche Alcindor
@Yamiche
Important context as Pres Trump tours Arizona & boasts about building hundreds of miles of wall: Trump has added *3 miles* of new barrier where no barrier existed before he took office.

It’s taken 3.5 years & about $15 billion to replace about 180 miles of outdated fencing.

[soothsayer]

14. Here's an article to noodle through

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/immigration/border-wall-progress/

Trump ramps up
border-wall construction
ahead of 2020 vote
The president’s barrier is one of the largest federal infrastructure projects in the nation’s history. Here’s what his administration has built so far and where it plans to build next.

By Nick Miroff and Adrian Blanco Feb. 6, 2020

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Thanks, But...

...I've been keeping up on it.
I started paying very close attention when I started computing $20 & $30 million per mile.
It's a broken promise, a waste of money, & a boondoggle all at once.
I was just kidding in my first post.

[soothsayer]

17. Ha! Well I was just fact checking myself

Either way, his pants are on fire.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Trumper thrown under the bus by Trump himself...bet the dude likes it too.

[tanyev]

13. Thank you, that's how I remembered it, too.

(CNN)A construction company that has been repeatedly touted by President Donald Trump and his allies has been awarded a major border wall construction contract valued at more than $1.2 billion, a US Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday.

News of the deal comes as the company's December border contract -- worth $400 million -- continues to be reviewed by the Defense Department inspector general in response to a request from Congress. House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said at the time that a series of actions "raise concerns about the possibility of inappropriate influence" on the decision to award the firm a contract.

"I am requesting that you review the award of this contract to ensure that the bid submitted by Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. met the solicitation standards and that USACE made the award in accordance with federal procurement law and regulations," Thompson wrote at the time, referring to the US Army Corps of Engineers.

While the President has publicly touted Fisher, the company has a history of red flags -- including more than $1 million in fines for environmental and tax violations. A decade ago, a former co-owner of the company pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to prison.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/politics/border-wall-fisher-sand-gravel-trump/index.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Nobody has to do anything to make Trump look bad.

He manages to do that all by himself - it's possibly the only thing he's really good at.

[agingdem]

5. Well Donnie

that's what happens when you don't pay the subcontractors

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. hey orange asshole FUCK. YOU.

[captain queeg]

9. Like the 130,000 people who died just to make you look bad?

Or the hundreds of thousands throughout the world who have died in support of a hoax that makes you look bad.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Sure you big baby

They're all out to get you.

[Champp]

12. Republicans have inflicted a Whiney Wanker on the world

tragic

[tblue37]

16. People only wear masks to make me look bad. People only test for CV to make me look bad.

Governors only ask for ventilators to make me look bad. Doctors and nurses only ask for PPE to make me look bad. People only paint BLM to make me look bad. People only protest police brutality to make me look bad.

It's amazing that so many people, even his own supporters, pour so much time & energy into making him look bad.

[Blue_true]

18. He was all for it when it was being built. He never takes responsibility when something goes wrong.

[yellowcanine]

19. So he did not sign off on it? How is that possible?

Of course the ignoramus did.