Despite hemorrhaging money on the military and starting yet another potential war — this time in Syria — President Donald Trump remains determined to finance and build a wall between the United States and Mexico.
Besides the fact that US taxpayers will ultimately foot the cost for the project, the border wall is morphing into a monstrosity — even beyond our original fears. The plans offered by contractors sound like they were drawn from “The Hunger Games,” with maps drafted to buy homes out from under citizens. And some individuals are even finding themselves on the “wrong side” of the wall.
The plans are still in development, but one thing is clear: This border wall will be worse than we could have ever imagined.
Contractors have already started submitting plans for their versions of the wall, complete with … booby traps. Apparently it’s not enough just to make it more difficult for people to enter the US undetected — some contractors are ready to cause actual physical harm or death to those who are desperate enough to try.
“Imagine a border wall made of solar panels or a booby trap of nuclear waste where the United States meets Mexico,” reports Tjanuhe Los Angles Times. “Pittsburgh-based Clayton Industries would have a chain fence, followed by sensor banks and a 100-foot-deep trench with nuclear waste at the bottom. Anyone managing to cross that would face a rail line and a 30-foot wall.”
Yes, our the Trump administration is legitimately considering a nuclear waste booby trap to keep people out of the US.
Of course, it’s difficult to imagine anyone wanting to live near a nuclear waste dump. And that’s just as well, since the government is already making plans for a land grab. The move will displace Americans through eminent domain, or the right to force people off property deemed necessary to be used for projects of public good.
Think Progress explained:
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