After arriving back in Washington Sunday evening, President Trump told reporters that his team had given up the idea of securing funding for a concrete barrier and instead would be embracing steel — the “less obtrusive, stronger” and “beautiful” product — moving forward in wall funding negotiations.
“I informed my folks to say that we’ll build a steel barrier. Steel. It’ll be made out of steel. It’ll be less obtrusive, and it’ll be stronger,” he said. “But it’ll be less obtrusive, stronger, and we’re able to use our great companies to make it, by using steel. … They don’t like concrete, so we’ll give them steel. Steel is fine. Steel is actually — steel is actually more expensive than concrete, but it will look beautiful and it’s very strong. It’s actually stronger.”
Trump later tweeted about the development as well. Entering the seventeenth day of the government shutdown that Trump prompted with his demands for border wall funding in a government spending bill, both sides appear less-than-optimistic about the prospects of reaching an agreement. Democrats have proposed bills that would open the government while negotiations continue, but Trump’s team is obstinate; dead-set on securing cash for the wall.
V.P. Mike Pence and group had a productive meeting with the Schumer/Pelosi representatives today. Many details of Border Security were discussed. We are now planning a Steel Barrier rather than concrete. It is both stronger & less obtrusive. Good solution, and made in the U.S.A.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2019
He should lose twitter access until he re-opens the government, would get it done rather quickly.
President’s Vocabulary Word of the Day: OBTRUSIVE
ob·tru·sive
/əbˈtro͞osiv,äbˈtro͞osiv/Submit
adjective
noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.
“high-powered satellites can reach smaller and less obtrusive antennas”
synonyms: conspicuous, prominent, noticeable, obvious, unmistakable; More
But, he must still fall back on “beautiful” and “strong” repeatedly. Because those words are and will remain part of the core 100 Best Words.
Donald Trump did not write this Tweet. He does not know what “obtrusive” means and would never use it in his normal conversation. Also, everything he has ever done has been obtrusive.
Yes, indeed, less obtrusive, stronger and made by great companies is surely the ticket to this next in a series of deranged, which way the wind blows thoughts of the moment.
When The Great Orange Pretender or his minions use a word pronounced “STEEL” The entire country needs to check for both context and orthography, as quickly as is fiscally possible.