Trump Tweets That Cost of Mexico Border Wall Will Come Down When He Gets Involved in Negotiations

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite

by Justin Baragona | 10:56 am, February 11th, 2017

This morning, President Donald Trump took to his Twitter account to deliver a few messages. He commented on the number of refugees who have come into the US since his travel ban was put on hold. The president also called the Japanese prime minister and his wife a “wonderful couple.”

But that wasn’t all he had to say.

With it being reported that the estimated cost of building a wall along the Mexican border is now $21.6 billion, the president explained that this is only because he hasn’t started negotiating the costs yet.

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[arithia]

1. more like the price will go down when he stiffs the contractors n/t

[Else You Are Mad]

2. ahh, you beat me to it!

I was going to say the same exact thing!

[classof56]

35. Me too!

[world wide wally]

31. Anyone with a functioning brain cell should know that.

[ananda]

3. ROFL

Just another shady business deal for 45.

[kimbutgar]

4. I am so friggin sick of his tweets

[ret5hd]

5. Artists depiction (minus the gold leaf):

[Equinox Moon]

16. good one

[NCjack]

6. #45 -- the Greatest Swindle on Earth! In this "wall", fence, and "No Trespassing" signs

line-drawn-in-the-sand, Americans and Mexicans will be conned out of their money for a product that doesn't work. But, as usually in #45's swindles, TrumpCo will make a huge amount of money.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Like the Busloads of voters that don't exist?

[scscholar]

33. This. He's attacking the wrong voting problem.

When, for example, my vote here in Washington state has been thrown in the trash every election since Nov 2008, we all know for a fact there are major voting fraud problems, but of course Republicans never attack real problems.

Edited to add link to proof:

http://imgur.com/a/SnA9J

Every single damn election I voted in since 2008 had my vote thrown in the trash.

[yallerdawg]

8. Anyone in construction in the border states will tell you...

the best way to bring down cost is to "employ"...

Maybe his supporters misunderstood what he was saying.

Mexicans aren't going to pay for it, they are going to get paid for it!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. He's not a contracting officer

Any "negotiations" that he claims to do would be against the law. As much as they keep trying to make it into one, the U.S. government is not a private business.

[EarthFirst]

10. For the 100th effing time, Mr. President:

YOU MAY NOT OPERATE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE AS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE!

[KewlKat]

11. Don't tell me there is a drumpf wall buildong company?

Maybe he's planning on using the unfortunate folks he's rounding up to defray labor costs?

[Turbineguy]

12. That's great!

The next time I don't need something I'll get him to chisel on the price!

[dalton99a]

15. He'll lower the price by 10% and tack on a 50% surcharge for shipping & handling

[dalton99a]

13. If he touches it, it turns to shit.

[JohnnyRingo]

14. He thinks the president takes active part in negotiations.

The president shouldn't have time to attend daily meetings to hammer out details of trade pacts, military contracts, or civil projects. Such negotiations can run for weeks or even months and require a dedicated staff of skilled mediators.

Maybe this moran thinks he can breeze in, shoot an offer they can't refuse, and fly out in time for lunch. Wrong movie, Donald.

[meadowlander]

24. It would be kind of cute,

except that the largest military on earth is being commanded by a man who thinks his job is to micromanage building contracts for insane vanity projects instead of attending intelligence briefings and getting his ass down to the situation room when American lives are on the line.

[JohnnyRingo]

36. The most powerful military perhaps...

The largest military on Earth belongs to China. They have as many soldiers as we have people. That's why, despite Trump's blustering, we stop short of forcing the country to succumb to our wishes.

[keithbvadu2]

17. "wonderful couple" --- Yet he has no FLOTUS to greet them.

[Equinox Moon]

18. Infrastructure is the priority. Not a wall.

[jmowreader]

38. To Trump, the wall IS infrastructure

And it's the only infrastructure you people are going to get.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. He just needs to look for some small contractors who he can stiff when the bill comes

That's how to run the country like the Trump businesses, isn't it?

[OKNancy]

20. It WILL go down...

to zero, because it won't be built.
He won't get the money from Congress is my guess.

Of course we could stop him if we come out in huge numbers in 2018

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Another of his bullshit sales spiels

[KittyWampus]

22. If you're willing to cheat everyone who works on it out of payment... it can cost nothing.

Except for a lot of contractors out of money.

[wordpix]

23. he already has been involved in negotiations---hasn't he called the Mex pres 2x?

both times told hell no, we're not paying for it

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

25. The orange shit stain has such a reputation for not paying contractors...

He'll be lucky if he can even find someone willing to build his damn wall.

[SHRED]

26. I thought he said Mexico will pay 100%?

[briv1016]

39. Oops.

[Charles Bukowski]

27. Famous last words.

That $21 billion figure is already a lowball estimate, a laughable at that.

[riverbendviewgal]

28. He will use private prisons inmates

For slave wages. Watch the documentary 13TH on Netflix. It describes this.

[Danmel]

29. There is a formal, legally proscribed government procurement process

But he knows nothing about governing, so the fact that he thinks he will handle all of these things personally doesn't surprise me. Dumkopf!

[ghostsinthemachine]

30. Prevailing wage. Labor costs are most of it

He won't be able to negotiate that. For the border towns this will be a huge boom for them. PREVAILING WAGE! PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT. no negotiating that.

[Retrograde]

32. By using his usual bargaining techniques

of using shoddy materials and not paying suppliers by claiming he doesn't like their work?

[tavernier]

34. Just like his boner came down

when three judges stepped on it last week?

[Kaleva]

37. He'll contract the work out to illegal Mexican immigrants.

[YOHABLO]

40. F-35 fighter jet? Air Force One Program. WTH is he talking about?

[briv1016]

41. Cash up front or do the job in stages. This client has a history.

[jeanmarc]

42. Who cares how high a price Mexico has to pay?

This is just a tell that even he doesn't believe his own bullshit.

[django363]

43. Micromanagement anyone?

Seriously, should a president be involved with the details of building structures? Maybe its the only thing he's good at.

[Greensix1]

44. Donnie Peepee will make costs disappear

Donnie Peepee will reduce the costs of the fence project in his normal business practices way. He will have contracts signed, the work done, then refuse to pay the businesses that do the work and up the money upfront to their employees. That's how he does business. He refused to pay for the work that has been performed. He's a fraud, liar and a cheat.
His other option is to just make the fence Shorter, by walling off all of Texas and giving it back to Mexico.