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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:30 AM Dec 2018

Trump Claims 'Boarder Security' Without Wall Would Cost Billions

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Kate Riga

December 17, 2018 8:39 am

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday, claiming with creative spelling that “boarder security” without his $5 billion wall would actually cost the country more money.




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Trump Claims 'Boarder Security' Without Wall Would Cost Billions (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2018 OP
Boarder Security Roy Rolling Dec 2018 #1
I don't want this dumb ass as president anymore. brush Dec 2018 #26
Is he saying that he can build the complete wall for $5 billion? Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #2
LOL, don't give Trump any ideas like that. IcyPeas Dec 2018 #20
Years ago I rented a room in a 'rooming house' left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 #3
$5 billion will easily pay to change the locks... Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #13
That $5 billion could PatSeg Dec 2018 #4
We have to protect ourselves from those people renting out our spare bedrooms! George II Dec 2018 #5
Boarder security and no smocking gun! ananda Dec 2018 #6
He so desperately wants his cut of the construction costs. tinrobot Dec 2018 #7
Boarder security? El Mimbreno Dec 2018 #8
Best to keep an eye on those suspicious boarders ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #9
He will make AirBnB great again! RainCaster Dec 2018 #10
Air BNB needs security? muntrv Dec 2018 #11
Orange moron Racerdog1 Dec 2018 #12
wait, what? Javaman Dec 2018 #14
That $5 billion is just a down payment. subterranean Dec 2018 #15
good lord. Javaman Dec 2018 #22
There's always that Go Fund Me page moreland01 Dec 2018 #16
OMfinG. Whatascam. (fundthewall.com and trump.idiot) erronis Dec 2018 #27
The key to "Boarder Security" is to get a large enough apartment deposit up front... brooklynite Dec 2018 #17
But you go on the Department of Homeland Security Page and you get turbinetree Dec 2018 #18
This is Just More Bogus Spin from a Lifelong Con Artist dlk Dec 2018 #19
All it takes is one phone call durablend Dec 2018 #21
"This tweet has been deleted." Ilsa Dec 2018 #23
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Dec 2018 #24
Please drive slowly... 7wo7rees Dec 2018 #25
This boarder wall is a smocking cluster fuck. nt NickB79 Dec 2018 #28

Roy Rolling

(6,943 posts)
1. Boarder Security
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:35 AM
Dec 2018

Im okay with good boarders like Klaatu or Karl in "Slingblade".

There are good boarders, Trump should turn off Fox News.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
2. Is he saying that he can build the complete wall for $5 billion?
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:37 AM
Dec 2018

I wish they would make up their mind on whether or not to build it. My options on 3 boat manufacturing companies in Mexico will end at the end of 2019.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
13. $5 billion will easily pay to change the locks...
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:38 AM
Dec 2018

On every room in every boarding house in the United States, with enough left over for security cameras.

I'd say it's money well spent.

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)
7. He so desperately wants his cut of the construction costs.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:10 AM
Dec 2018

Every time he whines about the wall, just go back to the money.

He wants money to build the wall simply because he thinks he can skim a healthy amount off the top. He's done the same for decades at his own properties. His father did it before him. It's in his DNA.

He's upset not because a campaign promise was broken, but because he's not getting his effing money.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
14. wait, what?
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:59 AM
Dec 2018

he wants 5 BILLION TO BUILD IT!!!

that would be, by his fucking definition, COSTING US BILLIONS.

I hate this fucking orange asshole grift artist piece of racist shit.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
15. That $5 billion is just a down payment.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 12:50 PM
Dec 2018

To build the whole "wall" would cost an estimated $25 billion, and that's before the inevitable cost overruns and lawsuits that would probably double the cost.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
22. good lord.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 03:03 PM
Dec 2018

it just escapes me how he (the orange asshole) got to this point in his life without doing serious injury to himself via his colossal stupidity.

erronis

(15,403 posts)
27. OMfinG. Whatascam. (fundthewall.com and trump.idiot)
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:37 PM
Dec 2018
https://www.fundthewall.com/
You can contribute To Building The Wall

The Department of Homeland Security wasn't designed to be microfunded. We take lots of small donations and turn them into one big one that DHS is capable of processing, and add some value along the way.

Want to mail a check instead of using online services? Our mailing address is:

P. O. Box 204

Phoenix, MD 21131

Please make checks payable to American Border Foundation. Thank you!

turbinetree

(24,737 posts)
18. But you go on the Department of Homeland Security Page and you get
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 01:20 PM
Dec 2018

Ending "Legal Loopholes'..........................what the fuck does ending "Legal Loopholes" mean................and then Stephen Miller and the other(s) racist in Homeland Department............. Nielsen..................I wonder how they are going to respond when they have to go into a committee hearing to explain themselves and how much has it cost the taxpayers for there fucking games of bull shit and "Ending Legal Loopholes"..................

dlk

(11,592 posts)
19. This is Just More Bogus Spin from a Lifelong Con Artist
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 01:32 PM
Dec 2018

As the old joke goes, "How can you tell if he's lying? His lips are moving."

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