Trump's wall: Winds blow over section of US-Mexico border fence
Published 30 January
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image captionConstruction workers try to fix the fallen section of the wall
A new section of President Donald Trump's signature wall along the US-Mexico border has been blown over in strong winds, US officials say.
Steel panels from the fence in the town of Calexico, California were knocked down on Wednesday morning.
The concrete used to anchor the 30ft-tall (9m) panels in place had not yet set.
Gusts of around 30 mph (48 km/h) were reported at the time, the US National Weather Service said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51307868
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Portion of newly built wall on Mexico border collapses
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 01/29/20 07:59 PM EST
High winds caused a section of wall along the border between California and Mexico to break off and land on the Mexican side Wednesday, CNN reported.
The section in question had been part of a continuing project attempting to reinforce sections of the wall, according to Agent Carlos Pitones of Customs and Border Patrol’s El Centro, Calif., sector. He told the network that the portion of the wall in Calexico had recently been set in a new concrete foundation that had not yet cured at the time it broke off.
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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480608-portion-of-newly-built-wall-on-mexico-border-collapses
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Trump’s “indestructible” border wall allegedly collapses and social media has a field day.
By Yucatan Times on July 26, 2020
The video went viral on Twitter. It shows a section of the border wall falling to the ground. It immediately became widespread ridicule as social media users compared the wall-collapse to Trump’s re-election campaign.
MEXICO-US BORDER (Debate) – A viral video allegedly shows a section of the border wall between the US and Mexico collapsing under strong winds and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hanna.
The video posted to Twitter by journalist Yadith Valdez shows construction workers standing by and watching as fierce gusts knock the steel structure to the ground.
The clip became the target of widespread ridicule on social media as critics likened the section’s collapse to the re-election campaign of President Donald Trump. He has already spent more than $11billion building the wall expected to cost an estimated $21.6 billion to complete.
Link to tweet
Some users pointed out that just a few weeks ago, Trump boasted that his wall is ‘the most powerful and comprehensive border wall structure’ in the world.
More:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/07/trumps-indestructible-border-wall-allegedly-collapses-and-social-media-has-a-field-day/
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