During President Donald Trump’s visit to the border wall in California on Wednesday, he reportedly had to be reminded not to reveal what kind of technology the Defense Department was using to construct it.
According to Politico, Trump toured the wall construction area in San Diego with acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Army Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, and acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan.
After Trump bragged about the strength of the wall’s concrete (“So if you think you’re going to cut it with a blowtorch, that doesn’t work because you hit concrete,” he reportedly said), the President started talking about the technology behind the wall sections.
“They’re wired so that we will know if somebody’s trying to break through,” Trump told reporters.
That’s when Semonite had to tell Trump, “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing that.”
Yet, Trump reportedly continued, saying that the beams installed in the steel sections of the wall were heat conductors that made the structure so hot, “you can fry an egg on that wall.”
Correction: This article originally misstated Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite’s job title.
Reminds me of a story my late mother used to tell on herself:
When she was a kid, she had a cousin in CT that was two years younger than she was. One year, on the annual visit, her mother told my mom, don’t mention anything about Santa Claus because [cousin] still believes.
You can guess what the first thing out of her mouth was, upon seeing her cousin on arrival.
Same thing here. Bet on it.
Sir alert!
Trump would tweet the nuclear launch codes if anyone ever let him look at them.
Of course Trump kept talking
He couldn’t understand what the General was saying. Of course, “stop talking” is an alien concept to him in most cases, too.
How tall is it going to be? Will it prevent drones from flying over it?