Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

[ErikViking]

No...post#5 did not 'nail it'.

Will a wall stem the flow of drugs from Mexico as Trump promised?

This is from the DEA - who know a HECK of a lot more about drug smuggling than Trump does.

'National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, October 2015: Mexican TCOs transport the bulk of their drugs over the Southwest Border through ports of entry (POEs) using passenger vehicles or tractor trailers. The drugs are typically secreted in hidden compartments when transported in passenger vehicles or comingled with legitimate goods when transported in tractor trailers. Once across the Southwest Border, the drugs are transported to stash houses in hub cities such as Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, and then transported via these same conveyances to distribution groups in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

Mexican TCOs also smuggle drugs across the Southwest Border using other methods. Marijuana is occasionally trafficked through subterranean tunnels connected to a network of safe houses on both the Mexico and the US sides of the border. Mexican TCOs also transport marijuana via commercial cargo trains and on small boats, often referred to as “pangas,” from the West Coast of Baja California north to the central California coast. Finally, Mexican TCOs have also transported drugs across the Southwest Border using ultralight aircraft.'

Will Trump's Wall Stop Drug Smuggling? - FactCheck.org

A bigger wall will do almost nothing to stop illegal drug smuggling.


And there already IS a wall...it's not like there is nothing there. And building a higher wall will NOT stop illegals from getting across unless you monitor every foot of it 24 hours a day.

Now, I am for building walls where there currently is none - that just makes sense.

But building some giant thing that is still easy to get through is silly.

And to shut down government for weeks/months over this - as you call, 'symbolic' wall - is absolutely ridiculous.

I do have to agree about the last sentence. It’s ridiculous.

I am actually for a wall. But there is no point in building one that will do little to stop illegal drugs (according to the DEA) or illegal immigrants.

I say build an Israeli-style wall. Now that WILL stop illegal immigrants coming over/under the wall.

But the cost would be massive. Still I would be for it IF it was taken from the military budget (i.e. - NO increase in spending).

But I am not for some half assed wall that will make almost no difference.


Plus, why is Trump not talking about MASSIVE penalties for those Americans who employ illegal aliens?

Simple, lots of Republicans depend on illegal aliens for cheap labor.

The Israeli wall is 440 miles long and cost $2.6 billion. Based on that price, a similar wall on our southern border would cost $11.8 billion.

You... really? You think t h a t is the way it works?!? Oh lord. You really haven’t got a clue of what you are trying to discuss, are you?

Look, I didn’t mean to be rude, but let’s just say we are not talking about the same thing. Have a nice day.

Yes, that is the way it works, dumbass. Please explain to us why my calculations are off-base.

I don’t think it’s worth discussing this with you, and it’s not really on topic either. But the short answer is that you are using simple math in a complex scenario. Your “calculations” would be sufficient to make a layman's estimate of material cost, I’ll give you that.

 

[DOTR]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.


Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: "A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!"

In response, designers pointed out that the barrier is "technically not a wall" and that if to scale, it would be over 12 metres high and the gaps between the slats would be wide enough for people to squeeze through.

The image in Trump's tweet showed a row of tall columns with gaps between them and pointed tops. A car, identified by some as a Chevrolet Tahoe, featured in the drawing to illustrate the scale.

"Not to be a curmudgeon but technically this is not a wall," responded architect Cameron Sinclair, former head of social innovation at Airbnb.

Last week the US senate refused to fund the construction of the barrier, which Trump had previously stated he would force Mexico to pay for. In response, Trump ordered the partial shutdown of the government.

Wall design picked apart on Twitter

Alex Bozikovic, architecture critic at Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, described the design as "unfathomably stupid".

"What kind of foundations would this thing require?" he asked. "How many tons of concrete to keep each 'slat' vertical?"

PhD student Reyna Knight was one of several people who calculated the dimensions of the barrier by using the known measurements of the car.

"So if it's to scale, the slats are 190 millimetres (7.5 inches) with 316-millimetre (12.4-inch) spaces," she calculated, meaning people could slip between the gaps. "So just slide through sideways!" she wrote.

Retired police officer Mark West worked out the barrier would be 40 feet (12.2 metres) tall.

"There'd be a pretty high wind load on that thing," said architect Mark Hogan in response.'

Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

Interesting.

Oh no whatever shall we do? The "former head of social inovation" at airbnb thinks our utilitarian wall is ugly! (what the hell is a "head of social innovation? Its a rich liberal paid millions to complain about racism and borders...see Cameron Sinclair (@casinclair) | Twitter )
Its being "lampooned" by people who hate trump we have to tear it down now!

As for the other "lampooners"
Alex Bozikovic-works for a newspaper...has declared "war on the automobile" m tweeted about how great the green new deal would be, and complains costantly about how cruel "white americans" are.

Reyna Knight is a homosexual rights activist who compares her "***** to a chicken nugget", calls ICE "nazis" and thinks the Democrats havent moved *far enough* to the left.

And Mark Hogan is a liberal pansy who spends his time crying about "white people" and racist police.

In other words..just more circle jerking by liberals and their rich pals in the media and academia...quoting each other with worshipful stars in their eyes.

 

[lennypartiv]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.

It would look prettier with barbed wire on top.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.

It would look prettier with barbed wire on top.

Then buy Photoshop, because that's as close as you're going to get....

 

[whitehall]

What the hell does the left want? Democrats are busy with a failed impeachment agenda while people are dying on the border and the homeless on the left coast pollute the water and everything else and illegal gang members murder American citizens. The President's idea not good enough? Let's hear a better one.

 

[lennypartiv]

What the hell does the left want? Democrats are busy with a failed impeachment agenda while people are dying on the border and the homeless on the left coast pollute the water and everything else and illegal gang members murder American citizens. The President's idea not good enough? Let's hear a better one.

It's another chance for the Democrats to side with the minorities instead of siding with real Americans.

 

[DOTR]

What the hell does the left want? Democrats are busy with a failed impeachment agenda while people are dying on the border and the homeless on the left coast pollute the water and everything else and illegal gang members murder American citizens. The President's idea not good enough? Let's hear a better one.

What do they want? They want to replace Americans with third worlders who will vote for them. Its that simple. Its not that they are afraid a wall wont work..they are terrified it will...and their constituents are on the other side.
So far three Democrat presidential candidates have campaigned in Mexico this season.

 

[DOTR]

What the hell does the left want? Democrats are busy with a failed impeachment agenda while people are dying on the border and the homeless on the left coast pollute the water and everything else and illegal gang members murder American citizens. The President's idea not good enough? Let's hear a better one.

 

[edward37]

35 mins ·
Trump RAPES military &veterans of $2.5 billion for wall he lied about Mexico paying for.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The wall could be there 365 days a year, 24 hours a day stopping illegals from crossing the border.

What are the dems preferred options?
drones- needs ground troops to actually catch the illegals, drones only fly 15 minutes at a time and cover minimal ground, and would need thousands of operators to cover the length of wall needed.
satellites- need ground troops to actually catch the illegals, covers minimal ground per scan, and would have huge operational costs

Crossing over the wall would be like jumping out of a 3rd floor window!!
So bring your ******* ladder, and break your back, or back and legs, or back and ankles,...etc.

My preference for most of the border would be a 100-meter no-man's land, covered by machine guns on motion detectors, patrolled by armed Predator drones with shoot-on-sight ROE, and liberally sown with anti-personnel land mines. Border jumpers should be killed and left to rot.

 

[Vandalshandle]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.


Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: "A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!"

In response, designers pointed out that the barrier is "technically not a wall" and that if to scale, it would be over 12 metres high and the gaps between the slats would be wide enough for people to squeeze through.

The image in Trump's tweet showed a row of tall columns with gaps between them and pointed tops. A car, identified by some as a Chevrolet Tahoe, featured in the drawing to illustrate the scale.

"Not to be a curmudgeon but technically this is not a wall," responded architect Cameron Sinclair, former head of social innovation at Airbnb.

Last week the US senate refused to fund the construction of the barrier, which Trump had previously stated he would force Mexico to pay for. In response, Trump ordered the partial shutdown of the government.

Wall design picked apart on Twitter

Alex Bozikovic, architecture critic at Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, described the design as "unfathomably stupid".

"What kind of foundations would this thing require?" he asked. "How many tons of concrete to keep each 'slat' vertical?"

PhD student Reyna Knight was one of several people who calculated the dimensions of the barrier by using the known measurements of the car.

"So if it's to scale, the slats are 190 millimetres (7.5 inches) with 316-millimetre (12.4-inch) spaces," she calculated, meaning people could slip between the gaps. "So just slide through sideways!" she wrote.

Retired police officer Mark West worked out the barrier would be 40 feet (12.2 metres) tall.

"There'd be a pretty high wind load on that thing," said architect Mark Hogan in response.'

Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

Interesting.

Oh no whatever shall we do? The "former head of social inovation" at airbnb thinks our utilitarian wall is ugly! (what the hell is a "head of social innovation? Its a rich liberal paid millions to complain about racism and borders...see Cameron Sinclair (@casinclair) | Twitter )
Its being "lampooned" by people who hate trump we have to tear it down now!

As for the other "lampooners"
Alex Bozikovic-works for a newspaper...has declared "war on the automobile" m tweeted about how great the green new deal would be, and complains costantly about how cruel "white americans" are.

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Reyna Knight is a homosexual rights activist who compares her "***** to a chicken nugget", calls ICE "nazis" and thinks the Democrats havent moved *far enough* to the left.
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And Mark Hogan is a liberal pansy who spends his time crying about "white people" and racist police.
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In other words..just more circle jerking by liberals and their rich pals in the media and academia...quoting each other with worshipful stars in their eyes.

Trump's "wall" is so beautiful, that I am sure that he will come down here and build a golf club right next to it, so that his rich acquaintances can admire the view when they pay their $50,000 initiation fee.

 

[Rustic]

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Lol
Yep,
Giving Money to these shit countries and their piece of shit diseased illegal aliens is just like throwing money away.
Fact

 

[DOTR]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.


Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: "A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!"

In response, designers pointed out that the barrier is "technically not a wall" and that if to scale, it would be over 12 metres high and the gaps between the slats would be wide enough for people to squeeze through.

The image in Trump's tweet showed a row of tall columns with gaps between them and pointed tops. A car, identified by some as a Chevrolet Tahoe, featured in the drawing to illustrate the scale.

"Not to be a curmudgeon but technically this is not a wall," responded architect Cameron Sinclair, former head of social innovation at Airbnb.

Last week the US senate refused to fund the construction of the barrier, which Trump had previously stated he would force Mexico to pay for. In response, Trump ordered the partial shutdown of the government.

Wall design picked apart on Twitter

Alex Bozikovic, architecture critic at Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, described the design as "unfathomably stupid".

"What kind of foundations would this thing require?" he asked. "How many tons of concrete to keep each 'slat' vertical?"

PhD student Reyna Knight was one of several people who calculated the dimensions of the barrier by using the known measurements of the car.

"So if it's to scale, the slats are 190 millimetres (7.5 inches) with 316-millimetre (12.4-inch) spaces," she calculated, meaning people could slip between the gaps. "So just slide through sideways!" she wrote.

Retired police officer Mark West worked out the barrier would be 40 feet (12.2 metres) tall.

"There'd be a pretty high wind load on that thing," said architect Mark Hogan in response.'

Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

Interesting.

Oh no whatever shall we do? The "former head of social inovation" at airbnb thinks our utilitarian wall is ugly! (what the hell is a "head of social innovation? Its a rich liberal paid millions to complain about racism and borders...see Cameron Sinclair (@casinclair) | Twitter )
Its being "lampooned" by people who hate trump we have to tear it down now!

As for the other "lampooners"
Alex Bozikovic-works for a newspaper...has declared "war on the automobile" m tweeted about how great the green new deal would be, and complains costantly about how cruel "white americans" are.

View attachment 271380

Reyna Knight is a homosexual rights activist who compares her "***** to a chicken nugget", calls ICE "nazis" and thinks the Democrats havent moved *far enough* to the left.
View attachment 271374


And Mark Hogan is a liberal pansy who spends his time crying about "white people" and racist police.
View attachment 271376


In other words..just more circle jerking by liberals and their rich pals in the media and academia...quoting each other with worshipful stars in their eyes.

Trump's "wall" is so beautiful, that I am sure that he will come down here and build a golf club right next to it, so that his rich acquaintances can admire the view when they pay their $50,000 initiation fee.

Even Mexicans don’t want want to live in sight of Mexico.

 

[Vandalshandle]

'US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers.


Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: "A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!"

In response, designers pointed out that the barrier is "technically not a wall" and that if to scale, it would be over 12 metres high and the gaps between the slats would be wide enough for people to squeeze through.

The image in Trump's tweet showed a row of tall columns with gaps between them and pointed tops. A car, identified by some as a Chevrolet Tahoe, featured in the drawing to illustrate the scale.

"Not to be a curmudgeon but technically this is not a wall," responded architect Cameron Sinclair, former head of social innovation at Airbnb.

Last week the US senate refused to fund the construction of the barrier, which Trump had previously stated he would force Mexico to pay for. In response, Trump ordered the partial shutdown of the government.

Wall design picked apart on Twitter

Alex Bozikovic, architecture critic at Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, described the design as "unfathomably stupid".

"What kind of foundations would this thing require?" he asked. "How many tons of concrete to keep each 'slat' vertical?"

PhD student Reyna Knight was one of several people who calculated the dimensions of the barrier by using the known measurements of the car.

"So if it's to scale, the slats are 190 millimetres (7.5 inches) with 316-millimetre (12.4-inch) spaces," she calculated, meaning people could slip between the gaps. "So just slide through sideways!" she wrote.

Retired police officer Mark West worked out the barrier would be 40 feet (12.2 metres) tall.

"There'd be a pretty high wind load on that thing," said architect Mark Hogan in response.'

Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

Interesting.

Oh no whatever shall we do? The "former head of social inovation" at airbnb thinks our utilitarian wall is ugly! (what the hell is a "head of social innovation? Its a rich liberal paid millions to complain about racism and borders...see Cameron Sinclair (@casinclair) | Twitter )
Its being "lampooned" by people who hate trump we have to tear it down now!

As for the other "lampooners"
Alex Bozikovic-works for a newspaper...has declared "war on the automobile" m tweeted about how great the green new deal would be, and complains costantly about how cruel "white americans" are.

View attachment 271380

Reyna Knight is a homosexual rights activist who compares her "***** to a chicken nugget", calls ICE "nazis" and thinks the Democrats havent moved *far enough* to the left.
View attachment 271374


And Mark Hogan is a liberal pansy who spends his time crying about "white people" and racist police.
View attachment 271376


In other words..just more circle jerking by liberals and their rich pals in the media and academia...quoting each other with worshipful stars in their eyes.

Trump's "wall" is so beautiful, that I am sure that he will come down here and build a golf club right next to it, so that his rich acquaintances can admire the view when they pay their $50,000 initiation fee.

Even Mexicans don’t want want to live in sight of Mexico.

Well, then, for those American's such as myself, who live in Arizona, Trump has once again marginalized his own fellow citizens, like he did with Baltimore this week. We are the one's who would have to live with the butt-ugly wall in our back yard, not him.