Trump declares U.S.-Mexico emergency for border wall

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10 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Well as usual you can blame the liberals for the border security breaches. Trump (and by proxy US taxpayers) wanted a "menacing" border, but guess who had a tantrum over that plan? I'd like to see these drug gangs saw through a moat filled with poisonous snakes and gators.

 

 "The authors claim that Mr Trump asked his advisers about including a moat, infested with snakes or alligators. Aides have reportedly looked into the cost of such a deterrent"

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/10/05/an-absurd-reckoning-of-donald-trumps-border-moat

It's bizarre that Trump would propose a moat roughly 1500 miles long filled with snakes and alligators. It's just sad that there are people who believe in it.

Anyway, why would it even be necessary? As Trump said, the wall he's building is "impenetrable."