# Trump wall solution **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632 "2018-12-24T16:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/41 "2018-12-30T12:26:14Z")
$5 Billion is a rounding error in the amount that an actual 2000 mile wall would cost. This isn’t political. It’s just a fact. If the wall were limitlessly funded right now, it would not be possible to complete it in the 2 years of the presidency that he currently has secured. He would only be able to claim the political victory, not necessarily be in office to see it finished. Therefore, as far as I can tell, the wall is dead. There will be no wall. This is just how reality works. Speaking of reality, 90% of drugs come through the ports of entry. More than 66% of migrants come through the airports. (Airplanes can fly over the wall, FYI.) In other words, even if the wall existed today & was 100% effective, it would still not significantly impact the areas of most concern to the MAGA people. The cost to benefit ratio just doesn’t support the idea of a wall. It just doesn’t. It’s all politics. Possibly started in a Russian Troll Farm. Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/42 "2018-12-30T15:53:45Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Hey, there we go: start circulating the idea that instead of a wall, we install a LASER MAZE! > > Huge laser maze, right at the border. A buck a try (this is how Mexico will pay for the wall! I mean, laser maze!). If you make it through, you can come in. > > It’s just plausible enough, and just stupid enough, that he might go for it and get ridiculed for repeating it. Oooh! Oooh! Even better, a hallway filled with those chompy, crushy things like in _Galaxy Quest_! And we make him test it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/43 "2018-12-30T19:20:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Oooh! Oooh! Even better, a hallway filled with those chompy, crushy things like in _Galaxy Quest_! > > And we make him test it. No problem, he is the BEST laser maze runner! ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/44 "2018-12-30T22:59:13Z")
No way. The best thing that could happen would be for Schumer to imitate Vincente Fox’s video where he bluntly declares, " Mexico will never pay for your fukin wall!", and holds up handwritten signs saying the same in case the point isn’t fully grokked. That might get through Trump’s addled brain. Congress passed a clean CR, and Trump refused to sign it. This whole thing is Trump’s baby. Let all the GOP congressional leaders patiently explain to a skeptical public why taking a stand on an issue that every informed person knows is stupid is so important we’re shutting down the government over it. Allow the sheer stupidity of Trump and his supporters fester in the sunlight for as long as they want. Expect shame to drive any “smart” conservatives away from this trainwreck of a charlatan’s party, and then drive the whole shitshow into marginalized minority peanut gallery status where they belong in 2020. Impose sensible policies after that. Refuse to listen to the right wing gnashing of teeth, “You guys are stalwart idiots to a man, remember? We have the video.” ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/45 "2018-12-30T23:11:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Congress has to pass legislation to authorize back pay for furloughed workers(those working without pay get paid). Wanna bet Trump threatens to veto? He will offer them 30% of what they are owed. If they won’t settle, he’ll sue 'em. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/46 "2018-12-31T14:11:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No problem, he is the BEST laser maze runner! Exactly. If he makes it through, the hallway is deficient as a barrier. Tweak it to be harder and run him through again. Repeat until he fails; since he’s the best maze runner there ever was, we’ll know then the hallway will surely stop anybody else. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/47 "2018-12-31T14:32:26Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Exactly. If he makes it through, the hallway is deficient as a barrier. Tweak it to be harder and run him through again. Repeat until he fails; since he’s the best maze runner there ever was, we’ll know then the hallway will surely stop anybody else. > > Win-win. Outstanding, DesertDog, outstanding! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/48 "2018-12-31T15:36:11Z")
[Here’s the real solution.](https://www.latimes.com/resizer/IXsXi4xpPD3onkuaxgDqJ-hH-SA=/800x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/D5H3PXGIDZELHJKECJWATD3524.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/49 "2020-01-30T05:59:09Z")
Sad news: the wind is blowing the wall over. > **[Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/trump-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-blows-over-in-high-winds)** > > Steel panels being installed between Calexico and Mexicali are part of the US president’s attempt to enhance the border barrier ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/50 "2020-01-30T14:55:47Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Sad news: the wind is blowing the wall over. > [Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds | US-Mexico border | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/trump-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-blows-over-in-high-winds) Nobody knew walls could be so complicated. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/51 "2020-01-30T14:57:43Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Sad news: the wind is blowing the wall over. > [Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds | US-Mexico border | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/trump-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-blows-over-in-high-winds) [music] The answer, my friends, Is blowin’ in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the Wind [/music] ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/52 "2020-01-30T15:00:05Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Sad news: the wind is blowing the wall over. > [Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds | US-Mexico border | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/trump-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-blows-over-in-high-winds) Yeah, and?? From the article: “The section of wall was under construction at the time, with concrete anchors being put in place. But the strong winds blew the panels over onto the Mexican side of the border before the concrete had cured, according to reports and photographs.” ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632/53 "2020-01-30T21:17:30Z")
Yeah, and the contractor’s quality control and safety plans are clearly deficient. Construction should be halted until they are fixed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wall-solution/826632.md?page=2)