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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsINSANE..... Trump order to paint border wall black could drive up cost $500 million or more
President Trump is once more pushing to have his border wall painted black, a design change that is projected to add at least $500 million in costs, according to government contracting estimates obtained by The Washington Post.
The presidents determination to have the steel bollards coated in black has fluctuated during the past several years, and military commanders and border officials believed as recently as last fall that they had finally talked him out of it. They consider the black paint unnecessary, costly and a significant long-term maintenance burden, and they left it out of the original U.S. Customs and Border Protection design specifications.
Trump has not let go of the idea, insisting that the dark color will enhance its forbidding appearance and leave the steel too hot to touch during summer months. During a border wall meeting at the White House last month amid the coronavirus pandemic, the president told senior adviser Jared Kushner and aides to move forward with the paint job and to seek out cost estimates, according to four administration officials with knowledge of the meeting.
POTUS has changed his mind and now wants the fence painted. We are modifying contracts to add, said one official involved in the construction effort who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of being fired.
The presidents determination to have the steel bollards coated in black has fluctuated during the past several years, and military commanders and border officials believed as recently as last fall that they had finally talked him out of it. They consider the black paint unnecessary, costly and a significant long-term maintenance burden, and they left it out of the original U.S. Customs and Border Protection design specifications.
Trump has not let go of the idea, insisting that the dark color will enhance its forbidding appearance and leave the steel too hot to touch during summer months. During a border wall meeting at the White House last month amid the coronavirus pandemic, the president told senior adviser Jared Kushner and aides to move forward with the paint job and to seek out cost estimates, according to four administration officials with knowledge of the meeting.
POTUS has changed his mind and now wants the fence painted. We are modifying contracts to add, said one official involved in the construction effort who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of being fired.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-border-wall-black-paint/2020/05/06/dbda8ae4-8eff-11ea-8df0-ee33c3f5b0d6_story.html
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INSANE..... Trump order to paint border wall black could drive up cost $500 million or more (Original Post)
spanone
May 2020
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CincyDem
(6,355 posts)1. He must have a friend/contributor in the black paint business. n/t
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. Does it have a red door in it?
riversedge
(70,200 posts)3. "POTUS has changed his mind and now wants the fence painted. We are modifying contracts to add,"
whimpy loyal folks that work for trump
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)4. I've said it before. The wall will never be complete
Border wall funding is a rallying point for republicans. It can never be complete or that goes away.
Building and maintaining it under emergency rules makes it easier for profiteers.
The wall will always need more money.
Having to repaint it periodically keeps the corrupt money flowing into their pockets.
2naSalit
(86,574 posts)5. Who owns a paint manufacturing business and is friends with the Con?
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)6. snark on: But Mexico will pay for it! snark off