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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

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Trump tells reporters border wall is ‘wired’, immediately after army general asks him not to discuss in public



102b4830-25c0-11e7-a66a-23957430fe89_lat   Jon Sharman, The Independent   2 hours 9 minutes ago  






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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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Tessylo
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1  seeder  Tessylo    5 years ago

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.”

 
 
 
Tessylo
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2  seeder  Tessylo    5 years ago

Fucking idiot.  

 
 
 
Tacos!
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2.1  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @2    5 years ago
Fucking idiot.

Then I guess everyone who ever put a warning sign on an electric fence is an idiot, too. Apparently, you'd rather just see people walk up to the thing and get shocked.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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2.1.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @2.1    5 years ago

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Dean Moriarty
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3  Dean Moriarty    5 years ago

Good thing the Army falls under his command and he is the Commander in Chief. 

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Dean Moriarty @3    5 years ago

The 'president is a fucking moron and is more the like the shitstain in chief.  

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3.2  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Dean Moriarty @3    5 years ago

It's moronic to go against what advisers tell him, including the military.  But we know that no one can tell that fucking moron anything because he knows EVERYTHING, NOT.  

 
 
 
Tacos!
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3.2.1  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @3.2    5 years ago
It's moronic to go against what advisers tell him, including the military. 

What do you know about it? You don't think a president ever disregarded the advice of a general?

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3.2.2  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @3.2.1    5 years ago
What do you know about it?

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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3.3  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Dean Moriarty @3    5 years ago

It is in name only.  He is not fit to be anything related to the military as he was a draft dodger.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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3.3.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @3.3    5 years ago
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."

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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3.3.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @3.3.1    5 years ago

They are progressive leftist liberal Democrats. They get a free pass....

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3.3.3  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @3.3.2    5 years ago

Since when?

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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3.3.4  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Tessylo @3.3.3    5 years ago

Pretty much started for real in 2008 when President Obama got elected the first time, but I know you will deny this.

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
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4  The Magic 8 Ball    5 years ago
 Army General Asks Him Not To Discuss In Public

funny thing... presidents do not answer to generals.

 

 
 
 
Tessylo
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4.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4    5 years ago

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The Magic 8 Ball
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4.1.1  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Tessylo @4.1    5 years ago
How stupid.  

yepp. thinking a president answers to a general is kind of stupid.

no doubt :)

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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4.1.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4.1.1    5 years ago

God forbid he takes advice from an expert.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.3  Tacos!  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @4.1.2    5 years ago
God forbid he takes advice from an expert.

An expert in what? He supervised the building of a fence.

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
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4.1.5  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @4.1.2    5 years ago
God forbid he takes advice from an expert

an expert?  LOL

most experts are just highly paid morons with opinions.

every expert said trump would never win in 2016

how'd that work out?

"experts," they say... LOL

too funny :)

hint: for every expert that says do one thing. you can find another expert who says the opposite.

the word "expert is seriously over-rated.

cheers :)

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.6  Tacos!  replied to    5 years ago

That could be. I just figure it can't possibly matter.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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4.1.7  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4.1.1    5 years ago

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Tessylo
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4.1.8  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4.1.5    5 years ago

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lib50
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4.2  lib50  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4    5 years ago
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. 

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
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4.2.1  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  lib50 @4.2    5 years ago
.presidents do not usually give out national security secrets

presidents decide what is a national security secret and what is not.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.2.2  Tacos!  replied to  lib50 @4.2    5 years ago
presidents do not usually give out national security secrets

I hope you don't think a vague reference that a fence is "wired" constitutes a "national security secret."

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
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4.2.4  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @4.2.1    5 years ago
presidents decide what is a national security secret and what is not.

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 Magic 8 Ball
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4.2.5  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @4.2.4    5 years ago
And you think Trump is qualified to determine such a thing?

the only requirement to be qualified to determine such a thing is being president of these united states. 

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
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4.2.6  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to    5 years ago
Usually they just tell them they will have more flexibility after the election.

amazing how the left likes to forget that... LOL

cheers :)

 
 
 
Tessylo
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4.2.7  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @4.2.4    5 years ago
'I would have gone to my grave thinking you were smarter than that.'

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Tacos!
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5  Tacos!    5 years ago

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.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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5.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Tacos! @5    5 years ago
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".

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bccrane
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5.2  bccrane  replied to  Tacos! @5    5 years ago

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.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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5.2.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  bccrane @5.2    5 years ago

Where'd you get that from, Jurassic Park?

Wow, so original.  

 
 
 
bccrane
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5.2.2  bccrane  replied to  Tessylo @5.2.1    5 years ago

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

 
 
 
Tessylo
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5.3  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @5    5 years ago

The 'president's' head is full of mysterious thoughts and shit and insane rantings.

 
 
 
Ender
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6  Ender    5 years ago

Well this is a shocking development...

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 
 
 
pat wilson
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8  pat wilson    5 years ago

Sometimes it feels like Groundhog Day here on NT.

 
 
 
KDMichigan
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8.2  KDMichigan  replied to  pat wilson @8    5 years ago
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. jrSmiley_13_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
pat wilson
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8.2.3  pat wilson  replied to  Release The Kraken @8.2.2    5 years ago
Maybe we could get a Teen from Sweden or another nordic country to travel the world and lecture adults on this.

That's exactly who trump wants to immigrate !

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.4  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Release The Kraken @8.2.2    5 years ago

Bored?  Not enough action on your Michelle Obama has a penis thread or other nonsense?

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.5  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Release The Kraken @8.2.2    5 years ago

Those teens have more sense than most adults, especially the climate change deniers here on Newstalkers and elsewhere.

I watched that young lady on Trevor Noah last night.  She says people are arguing about it here.

Where she comes from, they are not arguing about it, they know it's happening.  They're not idiots.  

 
 
 
lib50
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8.2.6  lib50  replied to  Tessylo @8.2.4    5 years ago
Not enough action on your Michelle Obama has a penis thread or other nonsense?

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.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.7  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  lib50 @8.2.6    5 years ago

See I can't flag anymore so now the usual offenders are really doubling down on the nonsense memes and nonsense. Not that much was done about it before anyway.  

The nonsense meme perpetrators and the like are being allowed to run amok and I'm sure someone will close the thread soon because certain moderators are allowing them to get away with it.  

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.8  seeder  Tessylo  replied to    5 years ago

It's not false.  All the complaints against the turd in chief are true.  

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.2.9  Trout Giggles  replied to  Tessylo @8.2.7    5 years ago

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

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.10  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.2.9    5 years ago

Yup, until October 30th I think.

Like I said, certain folks will overrun the seed with their nonsense and nonsense memes and they'll lock it down while I have no control over my own seed.  

And I'm up for suspension also because certain posters are able to say whatever the hell they please and I'm not allowed to respond in kind.  

The lunatics are taking over the asylum.  

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.2.11  Trout Giggles  replied to  Tessylo @8.2.10    5 years ago

I think a certain someone or somebodies want to chase you out of here

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.2.12  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.2.11    5 years ago

Yes, I have a fan club here and I'm not flattered.  

 
 
 
JBB
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8.3  JBB  replied to  pat wilson @8    5 years ago

Like deja vu all over again and again and again...

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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9  Just Jim NC TttH    5 years ago

320

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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10  Just Jim NC TttH    5 years ago

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.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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10.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @10    5 years ago

That's the exact title I copied from Yahoo.

Go tell the moderators then.  I'm sure you already have.  

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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10.1.2  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Tessylo @10.1    5 years ago

I know that is the exact title. I read the link. I wasn't pointing the finger at you I was saying the original post OF the article was misleading. And no I haven't said shit to the moderators. There is no need. My comment wasn't directed at you. I'm not as vindictive as some who don't like to be proven wrong.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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11  seeder  Tessylo    5 years ago

Riiiiiggghhhhhtttttttt

I've got work in the real world to do.  

Toodles. 

 
 

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