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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLOSER 45 wants openings in the border wall, his reason is hilarious
https://theweek.com/speedreads/711872/trump-wants-border-wall-have-holes-americans-dont-crushed-by-falling-bags-drugs
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Knows nothing, at all, about business or real estate, let alone this stuff.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)It's extreme pathology.
House of Roberts
(5,177 posts).
Johonny
(20,852 posts)El Mimbreno
(777 posts)Is anyone that F'ing STUPID!
Deb
(3,742 posts)wtf? People actually voted for this. thanks for posting
lapucelle
(18,277 posts)"One of the things with the wall is, you need transparency," Trump said. "You have to be able to see through it."
The president must be relieved to know that the whole world can see through Junior and his dissembling.'
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Come on. We can't fall for this one. Can we?
Motley13
(3,867 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)He's bat-shit crazy.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Truly, how much more embarrassing can this get?
politicat
(9,808 posts)1) send him powerpoints of the proposal. The more whizz-bang, the better. Lots of the dorkiest transitions, sound, video. Hell, send him four or five proposals and let him pick one.
2) send him progress video of things being built. Dude doesn't actually know what a construction site looks like, so send a half-way decent second unit to take video of any concrete pour in a desert. Use lots of badly lit night shots, because (this is true) you can't pour concrete during the day in desert summers.
3) (this is critical) get Mattis and McMaster to tell him that the military has invented transparent aluminum and forcefields. Bring in some great bullshitters from Raytheon or the Skunkworks to sell it. (Get the guy who sold the F-35. He's got bullshitting chops.) Tell him they're building the wall with a combination of transparent aluminum and forcefields. Maybe get Robert Downey Jr to play Tony Stark for the day and help run the con.
4) take him to the test site on a really hot, bright day. Don't pack in enough Diet Coke. Break the AC on the cars. Give him a fancy badge and tell him that badge lets him pass through the forcefield. Hire a mime to play the non-badged person. Let Two Scoops walk back and forth across the arbitrary line while the mime gets stopped on the other side.
5) yay! Wall built.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)"White House transcript."
The Reply Tweets are frickin' hilarious!
Initech
(100,081 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Ok, the article is a little old, but still relevant. I am just waiting for Trump to add this to his pile of fucking STUPID ideas.
"WASHINGTONWith various proposals emerging as key components of each of the 2016 presidential hopefuls immigration policies, sources confirmed Thursday that the Republican field remains sharply divided regarding how much voltage should be used to electrify a border wall with Mexico. This continues to be one of the most contentious issues within the GOP ranks, with more moderate voices like Jeb Bush advocating for the fence to deliver a mild shock of 75 volts, while others, such as Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, contend that no less than 20,000 volts coursing through the entire length of the 1,900-mile fence is needed to protect American interests, said political analyst Bryant Suthers, adding that even candidates who typically share common ground, such as Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal, differ dramatically on how far backward they believe the fences electrical charge should blow would-be illegal immigrants when the wires are contacted. And this is to say nothing of Ben Carsons flip-flopping on whether to use a standard alternating current or a potentially more dangerous direct current, or the constant squabbling over how loudly the electrified wall should crackle and buzz to serve as a deterrent to any potential migrants and their children. It will be interesting to see which candidates views emerge victorious, as this is an issue that the partys base is eager to see come to fruition. Suthers noted, however, that none of the candidates had yet put forward any details about how they would fund the construction of the electrified wall or the specially trained border patrol units needed to scrape the charred remains of Mexicans off its surface."
Motley13
(3,867 posts)it's not The Onion folks
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/07/trump-wants-see-through-border-wall-so
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)and tell him, "OK, PINO, let's see you toss that over a wall. We're waiting."
yardwork
(61,651 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)katherinemiller/status/885579364322217985
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)(begin quote)President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Wednesday that his proposed border wall would have to be transparent to prevent Americans from being struck and killed by 60-pound sacks of drugs tossed over from the Mexican side.
One of the things with the wall is you need transparency. You have to be able to see through it, Trump said. He continued:
In other words, if you can't see through that wall -- so it could be a steel wall with openings, but you have to have openings because you have to see what's on the other side of the wall.
And I'll give you an example. As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don't see them -- they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It's over. As crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall.(endquote)
The title of the Post blog article: Trump admits his border wall could be defeated by medieval siege technology
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)What is he doing about the child sex slaves on Mars. Isn't that more important?