Its just this..... never-ending always about "a Mexican" diatribe. Its a very proud culture. Saying "hire this Mexican" is very offensive when taken in the context you presented. Pick on Trump.
Or maybe he's proven more capable than the current company by his suggestion of using bracing while concrete sets in his 2nd tweet?
flashbacks of ISIS destroying Palmyra and Trump threatening the destruction of cultural sites come to mind. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...asted-trump-border-wall-construction-n1135906 Ancient Native American burial site blasted for Trump border wall construction Crews have been blasting the hillside at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona for sections of the federal government's barrier.
https://apnews.com/1689fa48a2e177d1f397b95ff0cb97db Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud, waste and abuse. The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The 10 waived laws include a requirement for open competition and giving losing bidders a chance to protest decisions. The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers. “We hope that will accelerate some of the construction that’s going along the southwest border,” Wolf told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” Secretaries under President Donald Trump have issued 16 waivers, and President George W. Bush issued five, but Tuesday’s announcement marks the first time that waivers have applied to federal procurement rules. Previously they were used to waive environmental impact reviews. The Trump administration said the waivers will allow at least 94 miles (150 kilometers) of wall to be built this year, bringing the Republican leader closer to his goal of about 450 miles (720 kilometers) since he took office and made it one of his top domestic priorities. It said the other 83 miles (133 kilometers) covered by the waivers may get built this year. “Under the president’s leadership, we are building more wall, faster than ever before,” the department said in a statement. Critics say the waivers do away with key taxpayer safeguards. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, said the president’s “cronies are likely to be the beneficiaries.” Charles Tiefer a professor at University of Baltimore School of Law who specializes in government contracts, said the government “can just pick the contractor you want and and you just ram it through ... The sky’s the limit on what they bill.” Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, said waiving a law for contractors to provide the government with certified cost data — such as how much they pay for labor or parts — could lead to grossly inflated prices. “It’s equivalent to buying a car without seeing a sticker price,” Amey said. “This could be a recipe for shoddy work and paying a much higher price than they should.” Administration officials say providing cost data can be onerous and difficult. Congress gave the secretary power to waive laws in areas of high illegal activity in 2005 in legislation that included emergency spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and minimum standards for state-issued identification cards. The Senate approved it unanimously, with support from Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The House passed it with strong bipartisan support; then-Rep. Bernie Sanders voted against it. The waiver authority has survived legal challenges. In 2018, a federal judge in San Diego rejected arguments by California and environmental advocacy groups that the secretary’s broad powers should have an expiration date. An appeals court upheld the ruling last year. The waivers, to be published in the Federal Register, apply to projects that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will award in six Border Patrol sectors: San Diego and El Centro in California; Yuma and Tucson in Arizona; El Paso, which spans New Mexico and west Texas, and Del Rio, Texas. The move came five days after Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved a $3.8 billion request from Homeland Security to pay for walls in those same areas, and the Pentagon acknowledged that more cuts could be coming to provide additional funding. The Pentagon’s decision stripped money from major aircraft and procurement programs that touch Republican and Democratic districts and states. The Defense Department transferred $6.1 billion to wall construction from its counter-narcotics and construction budgets after Congress gave Trump only a portion of what he wanted. The administration has been able to spend Pentagon money during legal challenges. The administration said the waivers will apply to contractors that have already been vetted. In May, the Army Corps named 12 companies to compete for Pentagon-funded contracts. Those shortlisted companies are Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. of Dickinson, North Dakota, whose leader has sought publicity on conservative media; Texas Sterling Construction Co., of Houston, a unit of Sterling Construction Co.; a joint venture Caddell Construction Co., of Montgomery, Alabama, and Gibraltar Construction Co. of Annapolis, Maryland; Barnard Construction Co. of Bozeman, Montana; West Point Contractors Inc. of Tucson, Arizona; Southwest Valley Constructors Co. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a unit of Kiewit Corp.; Bristol Construction Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska; Randy Kinder Excavating Inc. of Dexter, Missouri; CJW Construction Inc., of Santa Ana, California; Burgos Group LLC of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Posillico Civil Inc. / Coastal Environmental Group Inc. of Farmingdale, New York; and Martin Brothers Construction Co. of Sacramento, California. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483422-trump-to-waive-federal-contracting Trump to waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of border wall The Trump administration is waiving certain procurement regulations to help speed up construction on the border wall. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that 177 miles of wall — a distance that includes stretches of the border in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas — will be able to be built faster because of the waivers. The waivers affect 10 statutes, including requirements for open competition and justifying selections, The Associated Press reported. “Working closely with the Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security is exercising its Congressionally-granted authority to waive procurement regulations in six high-traffic border sectors, which will allow us to use already vetted and experienced contractors to build an additional 177 miles of new border wall system,” DHS spokesperson Heather Swift said. Swift added that Border Patrol had seized 54,000 pounds of narcotics and apprehended 36,000 at the border in January. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends" that he is able to order such waivers under a 2005 law that grants the DHS chief considerable purview to waive laws for building border barriers. "Today, we're going to start waiving those for procurement-related regulations and laws as well, which allow us to speed up a lot of our contracts that the Army Corps has, anywhere from 30 to 45 to 60 days," Wolf said. "We hope that that will accelerate some of the construction that's going along the southwest border," he added. While such waivers have been used before to skirt around environmental impact reviews, this is the first time they have been used to sidestep federal procurement rules. The White House now expects that 94 miles of border wall will be able to be constructed this year, bringing the total to almost 450 miles since President Trump took office, a benchmark that has been long touted by the administration. The waivers will apply to six of the nine Border Patrol sectors along the Mexican border: California's San Diego and El Centro, Arizona's Yuma and Tucson, Texas's Del Rio, and El Paso, which includes portions of Texas and New Mexico.
The man knows construction. You won't get 450 miles done in a year dicking around with do nothing govt agencies who's job it is is to protect their jobs and generate more paperwork. Like I said... the man knows construction.
Currently only around 100 miles of wall has been built during Trumps presidency,and its replacement wall not new. MAGA!!!!!!!
How's construction looking guys? I hope the Mexicans aren't overspending. They'll need the cash once the WuFlu hits them