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After An Angry Tweet From The President, Money Dried Up For Storm Surge Planning

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February 27, 2020 2:47 p.m.

The President tweets, the Army Corps of Engineers folds.

At least, that’s what it looks like occurred several weeks after President Donald Trump tweeted that a potential sea wall to protect New York City from storm surge flooding was “costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly.”

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