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LOSER 45 wants openings in the border wall, his reason is hilarious (Original Post) Motley13 Jul 2017 OP
He has the intellect of a 9 yr old. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #1
He just makes shit up around the clock PCIntern Jul 2017 #2
That makes it a fence. House of Roberts Jul 2017 #3
Now I've seen Star Trek IV and that transparent aluminum stuff is what we need Johonny Jul 2017 #4
Someone has GOT to be shitting me!! El Mimbreno Jul 2017 #5
Trumpty's escape route? Deb Jul 2017 #6
So that's what he meant when he congratulated Junior for being transparent lapucelle Jul 2017 #7
This has got to be satire. Control-Z Jul 2017 #8
I wondered that myself, but considering it is LOSER 45, I don't doubt it Motley13 Jul 2017 #9
I submitted it to snopes, they didn't have anything on it yet Motley13 Jul 2017 #10
Well....Mexico is paying for it so it's their call right Trump?!?!?! Bengus81 Jul 2017 #11
So, he admits his beautiful wall will do nothing to stop drugs crossing the border. sinkingfeeling Jul 2017 #12
Oh. My. Gawd. raven mad Jul 2017 #13
This is so easy. politicat Jul 2017 #14
Lol! demmiblue Jul 2017 #20
You guys! You MUST follow the link, and THEN the inside link to WinkyDink Jul 2017 #15
He must be smoking some good covfefe. I want some. Initech Jul 2017 #16
GOP Candidates Fiercely Divided Over How Much Voltage Border Wall Should Be Electrified With smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #17
link to another article & comments Motley13 Jul 2017 #18
Someone should hand him a 60-lb. bag of concrete mix, MineralMan Jul 2017 #19
How tall is this wall? yardwork Jul 2017 #21
Hilarious Tweet responses: WinkyDink Jul 2017 #22
Washington Post has it: NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #23
This is a stupid thing to be concerned about. Flaleftist Jul 2017 #24

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. He has the intellect of a 9 yr old.
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 07:17 PM
Jul 2017

Knows nothing, at all, about business or real estate, let alone this stuff.

lapucelle

(18,277 posts)
7. So that's what he meant when he congratulated Junior for being transparent
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 07:54 PM
Jul 2017

"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.'

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)
12. So, he admits his beautiful wall will do nothing to stop drugs crossing the border.
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 09:37 PM
Jul 2017

He's bat-shit crazy.

politicat

(9,808 posts)
14. This is so easy.
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:40 PM
Jul 2017

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.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
15. You guys! You MUST follow the link, and THEN the inside link to
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:47 PM
Jul 2017

"White House transcript."

The Reply Tweets are frickin' hilarious!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
17. GOP Candidates Fiercely Divided Over How Much Voltage Border Wall Should Be Electrified With
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 10:04 PM
Jul 2017
http://www.theonion.com/article/gop-candidates-fiercely-divided-over-how-much-volt-51377

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.

"WASHINGTON—With 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 fence’s electrical charge should blow would-be illegal immigrants when the wires are contacted. “And this is to say nothing of Ben Carson’s 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 candidate’s views emerge victorious, as this is an issue that the party’s 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."

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
19. Someone should hand him a 60-lb. bag of concrete mix,
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 09:36 AM
Jul 2017

and tell him, "OK, PINO, let's see you toss that over a wall. We're waiting."

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
23. Washington Post has it:
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jul 2017

(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)
24. This is a stupid thing to be concerned about.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:53 AM
Jul 2017

What is he doing about the child sex slaves on Mars. Isn't that more important?

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