Hi Mike,

>>> Where is this steel barrier going? I was unable to find anything
>>> other than "234 miles along the southern border".

>> I think the real question is "Who is delivering the steel and who is
>> going to make money off of it?"

> There are apparently provisions that it must be "American made Steel". I bet
> we could do it for half the price if we used Chinese steel.

I've always loved this clip from an article though, published in Forbes:

"Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border did not come
from security analysts following years of study or through evidence that a wall
would reduce illegal immigration. Amazingly, for something so central to the
current U.S. president, the wall came about as a "mnemonic device" thought up
by a pair of political consultants to remind Donald Trump to talk about illegal
immigration.

In 2014, Trump's plan to run for president moved into high gear. His political
confidant was consultant Roger Stone. "Inside Trump's circle, the power of
illegal immigration to manipulate popular sentiment was readily apparent, and
his advisers brainstormed methods for keeping their _attention-addled boss_ on
message," writes Joshua Green, author of Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald
Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising. "They needed a trick, a mnemonic device.
In the summer of 2014, they found one that clicked."

Forbes Magazine, Jan 4, 2019

Take care,
Janis

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