Trump tells reporters border wall is ‘wired’, immediately after army general asks him not to discuss in public
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Trump tells reporters border wall is ‘wired’, immediately after army general asks him not to discuss in public
Jon Sharman, The Independent 2 hours 9 minutes ago
Donald Trump touted the robust construction of his border fence on a visit to southern California , but risked the ire of one of his top generals by revealing the barrier would be “wired” to detect attempts to breach it.
Flanked by engineers and the border patrol commissioner, the president talked up the steel-and-concrete fence’s technological elements during a press conference in San Diego.
He said: “They’re wired, so that we will know if somebody is trying to break through.”
Turning to Lt Gen Todd Semonite, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Trump added: “You may want to discuss that a little bit, general.”
But he was told: “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it.”
To nervous laughter from officials, Mr Trump continued: “Ok. I like that. That was a great answer. I’ll just tell you they’re wired, ok? They’re wired. They’re technologically very advanced, all set up for cameras any place we want.
“They’re all wired out for drone technology. Anything you want, we have.”
The fence posts themselves are steel tubes, filled with concrete and rebar and topped with flat panels. ”It’s the Rolls-Royce version,” Mr Trump said.
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Good thing the Army falls under his command and he is the Commander in Chief.
It is in name only. He is not fit to be anything related to the military as he was a draft dodger.
So Mr. Clinton wasn't fit...........and Mr. Biden should just drop out now?
"Mr. Biden never served in the military. He received 5 draft deferments during the Vietnam War."
They are progressive leftist liberal Democrats. They get a free pass....
Pretty much started for real in 2008 when President Obama got elected the first time, but I know you will deny this.
funny thing... presidents do not answer to generals.
funnier thing......presidents do not usually give out national security secrets and make promises to adversaries that are not in US national interests.
presidents decide what is a national security secret and what is not.
I hope you don't think a vague reference that a fence is "wired" constitutes a "national security secret."
And you think Trump is qualified to determine such a thing? I would have gone to my grave thinking you were smarter than that.
the only requirement to be qualified to determine such a thing is being president of these united states.
amazing how the left likes to forget that... LOL
cheers
When you're the boss, you can have lots of people to give you advice. However, because you're the boss, you still get to make the decisions.
Personally, I am all for Trump filling people's heads with mysterious thoughts about the devastating technology in our border wall. It will just discourage even more people from trying to get across.
Or raise their morbid curiosity as to whether it's true or not. "Curiosity killed el gato".
That does work, just the impression is effective. I used to do this while hunting raccoon, the group of us would come to a wire fence, I would touch the fence and immediately recoil and curse as if shocked, no one would cross it even after I went ahead and crossed myself.
Yeah, I was a bit humbled that Steven was able to work that into a movie after watching me do that while hunting with us in the 80's./s
Well this is a shocking development...
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Sometimes it feels like Groundhog Day here on NT.
I agree 100%. Ever since January 20th 2017 it has been nothing but , But...But....But Trump, with hardly anything to bitch about but feelings.
Here is hoping it carries Democrat's thru the 2020 elections.
That's exactly who trump wants to immigrate !
Aww, guess I'll have to go check in with BF's dick thread again, give him a little boost. Must be a little tweaked at the whistleblower clusterfuck.
Your flagging abilities were taken away?????
The next thing to go will be your ability to seed. Hard to moderate a seed when you can't flag anybody
I think a certain someone or somebodies want to chase you out of here
Like deja vu all over again and again and again...
Noticed if you read the transcript of the article provided, the title is misleading. Instead of "Trump tells reporters border wall is ‘wired’, immediately after army general asks him not to discuss in public" it should read
Trump tells reporters border wall is ‘wired’, immediately after, army general asks him not to discuss in public
Note the comma (for our liberal friends that indicates a short pause) between after and army. And that is what occurred.
"Turning to Lt Gen Todd Semonite, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Trump added: “You may want to discuss that a little bit, general.”
But he was told: “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it.”
Original headline seems to indicate that the chief told him ahead of his original statement to not discuss it when indeed, (and he didn't ask him not to, just that there could be some merit in not discussing it) the statement by Mr. Trump was already out there.