The wall on the border with Mexico was Donald Trump’s central election campaign issue. But in Arizona the wall cannot withstand the rain.
San Bernardino Ranch (USA) – The fence, which Donald Trump only calls the “wall”, is a little over 1,000 kilometers long. The wall was supposed to make immigration from the south to the USA more difficult, which according to statistics also works. And it should prevent drugs from growing areas in South America from finding their way to consumers in the USA and Canada, which, according to statistics, continues to work very well.
But now large parts of the border fortifications are collapsing. Not far from San Bernadino Ranch, a historic tourist attraction in the US state of Arizona, monsoon rains had so washed up the ground that gates in Donald Trump’s metal fence came loose from their anchoring. This was initially reported by the environmental protection organization Cuenca de Los Ojos, which is dedicated to the flora and fauna in the border area between the USA and Mexico. The message was picked up by the US news portal Gizmodo.
Arizona’s monsoon rains remain undefeated against Trump’s border wallhttps://t.co/a1WKG0TJ2b
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) August 22, 2021
Donald Trump and the Wall: “Remember my words”
It was precisely this portal that warned more than a year ago that “Donald Trump’s racist border wall” would cost billions of euros, but would not pay tribute to the developments in the climate crisis. Floods caused by heavy rain were given as an example. Trump, himself a vocal skeptic of climate change, had always presented himself as a doer when it came to the Wall. The border should be fortified quickly, the costs should be low and the bill would be paid by Mexico anyway. “Do you remember my words”, Donald Trump had called out to his fans again and again during the 2016 election campaign. They had replied with “Build the Wall” chants.
Donald Trump: What will happen to his wall on the border with Mexico now?
But then everything turned out differently. The cost of building the wall exploded, the wall became a fence, Mexico did not pay a cent for it. Donald Trump declared a state of emergency on the border just to be able to pump money into the wall from other federal projects. The former president brushed aside environmental problems and the resulting structural problems. Construction companies are still involved in legal disputes with landowners, authorities and environmental protection organizations.
Nevertheless, Donald Trump managed to build around 727 kilometers of new border fortifications when he left his office. How things will go on with the wall remains unclear. US President Joe Biden initially had the wall continued to be built, but finally imposed a building oratorio for the border fortifications. The gates that the rain opened in Arizona will remain open for the time being. (Daniel Dillmann)
