John Kelly Tries To Rain on President Trump’s Wall
Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly told The LA Times in an interview on Sunday that President Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S. border with Mexico “is not a wall,” adding that the idea of building a concrete wall was abandoned early into the Trump administration, contradicting numerous statements by the White House press shop, including press secretary Sarah Sanders.
In a series of tweets over a week ago, Mr. Trump declared that “we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it.”
The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall – but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
….It will be beautiful and, at the same time, give our Country the security that our citizens deserve. It will go up fast and save us BILLIONS of dollars a month once completed!
Trending: CONFIRMED: The Government CAN Build The Wall With Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe Money
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
“To be honest, it’s not a wall,” Kelly, a retired three-star Marine general told The Times. “The president still says ‘wall’ — oftentimes frankly he’ll say ‘barrier’ or ‘fencing,’ now he’s tended toward steel slats. But we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration, when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it.”
“I think many people who don’t want to fess up to border security and get Congress to do its job and close the loopholes insist it’s a wall, wall, wall,” KellyAnne Conway, Counselor to the President said Sunday on CNN. “The president has said, he said last week, and he tweeted out pictures of steel slats. Things are already happening in California in terms of that.”
“It really depends on what Customs and Border Patrol says they need. And they have said they need barriers,” Conway added. “The president says a wall — barriers, the president says they need steel slats. They need technological enhancements.”
“To be honest, it’s not a wall.”
– Departing Chief of Staff John Kelly
Referring to the recent deaths of two minors in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mr. Trump tweeted “The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!”
…children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018
In a tweet on Sunday, Mr. Trump mocked former president Barack Obama for having a “ten foot wall” around his residence in Kalorama, a residential neighborhood in Washington.
“President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!” Mr. Trump tweeted.
President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2018
(MORE: Trump Trolls Obamas Over Wall Around D.C. Home)
The president, in a tweet earlier this month, insisted that the government of Mexico did, in fact, fund the border wall – something he campaigned on in 2016.
“Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA!” Mr. Trump said. “Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!”
Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
(MORE: President Trump Promises to Close Southern Border if Democrats Won’t Fund Wall)
A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! pic.twitter.com/sGltXh0cu9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2018
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