Proposal for 'solar' border wall appears dead

[struggle4progress]

... President Trump insisted that a solar paneled border wall wasn’t a joke. That it was his idea. That solar panels would help pay for his "big, beautiful" wall.

But despite Trump’s oft-repeated promotion of a solar wall, there is nary a solar panel in sight among the eight prototypes that have arisen in San Diego county this month ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/26/trumps-proposal-for-a-solar-border-wall-now-appears-dead/?utm_term=.cd51f32a403f

[guillaumeb]

1. Only if the contract was awarded to an oil company that bought a solar company.

That might be an acceptable approach.

[Vinca]

2. They're all just upright slabs. Nothing beautiful about them unless . . .

we can save one of them for Don's final resting place. The "big, beautiful tombstone."

[awesomerwb1]

3. Bummer.

I guess the 2 man construction crew company is too busy in Puerto Rico.

[gratuitous]

4. Anyone in the press have a follow up for the president?

Ask him why there are no solar panels - Donald's very own brilliant idear - on any of his beautiful prototypes. At least get him to say "Splunge!"

[peggysue2]

5. Rick Wilson has . . .

called the prototype display:

Douchehenge.

Celebrating the Orange Sun King and his delusions of grandeur.

Okay, the last part is mine. Wilson said something akin to this but the title "Douchehenge' really made me laugh.

Never-Trumpers can put out some real zingers.

[rickford66]

6. The panels would have to be on the Mexican side.

This would leave them vulnerable to Mexican kids to splatter them with mud balls, thus making them not functional. I don't think I'm giving anyone ideas. Teenage boys spend hours devising these activities. Kids in my old neighborhood threw rocks at street lights.

[LeftInTX]

7. It was such a brilliant idea

What happened?

I was so looking forward to this!