Defense Dept Stalls On 3 Border Wall Projects Because They’re Too Expensive

on July 22, 2018, 2018 in Nogales, Arizona.
NOGALES, AZ - JULY 22: Children look from the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dusk on July 22, 2018, in Nogales, Arizona. President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Photo by John... NOGALES, AZ - JULY 22: Children look from the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dusk on July 22, 2018, in Nogales, Arizona. President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The Department of Defense opted not to complete at least three border wall construction projects, at least for the time being, because the undertaking is too expensive.

According to a new court filing on Monday, flagged by Politico, the Defense Department determined it couldn’t afford the project, which would’ve built 20 miles of fencing and other border infrastructure like lights and would’ve cost $2.5 billion. The Pentagon determined last month that it could divert funding from the Army Corps counter-drug fund to pay for the project.

But the Army Corps ultimately decided the funds wouldn’t cover the total project.

The move is just the latest in a series of complications following President Trump’s decision earlier this year to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and use Defense Department funding to help pay for his wall — the cornerstone of his 2016 campaign.

Trump made the decision after a gridlocked Congress refused to fund his wall and the government went into a weeks-long partial shutdown.

Read the filing below:

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  1. This will no doubt be the first Duncecap Man will have heard of this. Heads will roll.

    Retroactively.

  2. Stall until donnie is gone and get your funds back.

  3. When Trump tells the DOD to go to war with Iran under the command of Saudi Arabia will they decide the war is too expensive?

  4. No wall, Don. I tried to tell you. No wall, period.

  5. Defense Dept Stalls On 3 Border Wall Projects Because They’re Too Expensive

    Of course of all options, having the DoD building the wall is going to be more expensive by an order of magnitude (maybe two), these are the same guys buying 3000 dollar toilet seats. Hire one of those Mexican contractors with the beat up truck that gets his labor from the Lowe’s parking lot and he will get that wall build cheap and on time.

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