Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from tiny Guam

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


By Audrey McAvoy 5 hrs ago

HONOLULU — President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects slated for Guam, a strategic hub for U.S. forces in the Pacific.

This may disrupt plans to move Marines to Guam from Japan and to modernize munitions storage for the Air Force.

About 7% of the funds for the $3.6 billion wall are being diverted from eight projects in the U.S. territory, a key spot in the U.S. military’s efforts to deter North Korea and counter China’s growing military.

The administration has vowed it’s only delaying the spending, not canceling it. But Democrats in Congress, outraged over Trump’s use of an emergency order for the wall, have promised they won’t approve money to revive the projects.

“The fact is, by literally taking that money after it had been put in place and using it for something else, you now put those projects in jeopardy,” said Carl Baker, executive director of Pacific Forum, a Honolulu-based foreign policy think tank.


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[Grokenstein]

1. "vowed it's only delaying the spending, not canceling it"

And we all know that God Emperor Puppet Sharpie is a man of his word!

[quakerboy]

2. Is guam a good investment?

How much of it will be left given the climate issues we know are coming and refuse to do anything about?

[modrepub]

6. Not an Atoll

Guam sits on the Marian Trench near the deepest part of the world's ocean. While not volcanically active, the island was built up through volcanic and tectonic plate accretion processes and has some terrain to it. Like many shore-line communities, however, the highest land values are associated with beach-front properties so a modest rise in sea levels won't make the island uninhabitable, it will just claim/damage some of the island's most highly assessed properties.

Guam was the last US territory (with population) to be occupied by a foreign power. Guam was attacked by Japan on the same day it attacked Hawaii. It's garrison surrender within a couple of days to the Japanese army with only minimal resistance; the Marine units were small with some new local recruits supplementing their numbers. The US had anticipated Japan's attack and had pretty much starved the island's defenses to keep losses to a minimum. Surrendered units were transferred to the Philippines. My father's family was part of the local population put under Japanese occupation forces; my grandmother said the Japanese Naval troops were OK but bad things happened once the island was transferred to the Japanese Army. My grandfather and oldest uncle were separated from their family and used as forced labor. The people of Guam were subject to the same treatment as occupied China. It was bad. Liberation day is celebrated every year marking the return of US troops on 21 July 1944.

[Roy Rolling]

8. How many?

How many U.S. citizens in territories are be treated shabbily by a moron who craps in a gold toilet high above 5th Avenue, New York City?

Instead of embracing our citizens, friends, and allies beyond the 48 states, our president alienates them because he couldn’t pick them out on a world map. I’m also guessing there’s no tacky Trump hotel on Guam polluting the island with its gaudy presence.

[Mc Mike]

3. After he and little Kim fell in love, Kim told him Guam was getting nuked, anyhow.

In light of the inevitable outcome Kim disclosed to Rumpf, there's no need to support our troops who are there.

Threatens national security and damages foreign policy every day, in every way. Then runs on how tough he is on national security -- build the wall.

[Maxheader]

4. strategic hub?

After carefull anaysis, stumpy declares..."We don't need no stinking strategic hub.."

We got an invasion from mexico goin on here!

[cstanleytech]

5. I still believe the House should not authorize replacement for the money that Trump stole with

the consent of the Repugnants in the House and Senate.
Then when people bitch we can rightly point out the fact that had they not given him consent the money would be still be there.

[modrepub]

7. Here are Guam's 2016 Presidential Results

Hillary Clinton: 23,052 votes (71.6%)
Donald Trump: 7,779 votes (24.2%)


Do you see a pattern here folks?!?

[malthaussen]

9. They'll never miss it. n/t

[sakabatou]

10. Only delaying? Yeah right...

[riversedge]

11. Congress said NO, Yet Trump gets the money by crooked means. damn damn

[Sammie Jeya]

12. Hard promises

How is he going to keep his promise of making mexico pay for the wall..

[SummerSnow]

14. All his base would say is that it is being paid for and that is all that matters

[SummerSnow]

13. Trump to his base: GUESS WHO'S PAYING FOR THE WALL...YOU ARE!!!