Posted on 06/04/2020 9:08:38 PM PDT by BeauBo
President Donald Trump is expected to visit the border fence near Yuma next week.
The Washington Post reports Trump is expected to attend a ceremony in the Yuma Sector on an as yet unannounced day to mark the completion of the barrier’s 200th mile. That is according to officials who were not authorized to describe the plans.
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200 high priority miles of Trump-style Super Wall System standing tall!
Oh, how I wish that this could be transformed into a rally!!!
Seeing many distressing polls and other dreadful indicators about PDJT’s reelection prospects, and praying for the return of mega MAGA rallies.
At least, this would offer the ample space of the outdoors and allow some social distancing perhaps.
Good move by Trump - gotta get back to the bread & butter issues that hot him elected
Sleepy Joe is for open borders
Let's go!
“Oh, how I wish that this could be transformed into a rally!!!”
I saw somewhere today, that the Rump Campaign was going to resume in person activities this coming week.
I think that means things like volunteer training and business meetings, rather than big rallies just yet.
But they have to be coming at some point - the Republican Convention too.
200 high priority miles of Trump-style Super Wall System standing tall!
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Another great accomplishment!
Thanx for the update BeauBo
Will he be taking the 3:10 to Yuma?
Was going to PM you yesterday as to what your thoughts were on the absence of update on CBP website. Showing 194. Bet this visit is it. 200 + miles for certain. Would think it a good idea to completely seal off Cal border with Mexico by Labor Day. President T could then announce that one State is now totally Walled off from Mexico.
“completely seal off Cal border with Mexico by Labor Day”
I had expected to see 200-201 on the report we missed (Mon, 1 June). We have been running 6-7 miles per week.
In reality, we would likely be around 206-208 by the coming Monday report (8 Jun).
Since they stood up the new web page (https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-wall-system), the reporting now seems to be screened to be in harmony with the President’s recent public statements, rather than a blindly mechanical report. They added the footnote “approximate and rounded as construction activities are ongoing”, when they made the change. When the President does not make any public statement (or have a commemoration event), they seem to fall back in on the current total.
I thought they skipped the report, because it was all hands on deck for the rioting, but now I think it was so that the 200 mile mark could be commemorated by the President (which itself may likely have been postponed due to the rioting).
Mountains are daunting for Wall System Construction (which includes road building). When you get over a certain degree of slope, the roads have to go to switchbacks. Getting heavy machinery in for barrier construction, without an adjacent road, and on steep slopes, is seriously life-threatening.
We just started to nibble at the first of the steep terrain in recent months, in Arizona, and a bit in California (Eastern edge of San Diego around Otay Mesa, and the Western edge of the Jacumba Wilderness - running barrier and road into the Mountains from both sides).
In between Otay Mesa and the Jacumba Wilderness, there is 50-60 miles of mostly mountain. I’d assumed that there are some particularly tough spots (potential showstoppers) in that mix as well.
I think it would just be physically too hard to do before Labor day. I also think it is unlikely to get completely done, unless the President is re-elected, and there is a demonstrated operational need (which there may not be for some parts.
On the CBP web page (above), they depict some gaps in the planned California Wall System, meaning that they are not part of the currently funded program (although most of the hilly/mountainous areas are).
There are significant advances in technology and tactics for detection and tracking in the mountains, and there is investment occurring in acquiring that technology. So even if illegal traffic is diverted into those rugged parts (much will be deterred by the terrain), the new tech will make those stretches more secure.
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