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president Donald Trump Comment on the move of Kristi Noem for painting the entire southern border wall in black, saying it would improve the effectiveness of the walls and make it “untouchable” to potentially become illegal immigrants.
“I don’t know she’s listening,” Trump said in a media outlet in the Oval Office on Friday, when he suggested that the wall should be black.
“So I opened it last night and I saw Kristi painting the wall and by the way it looked pretty as the paint continued,” he said, “very hot, if it was white, it wasn’t hot. If it is black, it will be difficult to climb onto that suction cup. ”
The president also touted the quality of the wall and said, “I built it with Border Patrol Asked me to build, “composed of high-end steel, reinforced with thick steel bars and 9,000 pounds of concrete.
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President Donald Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California on September 18, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
Norm announced the entire southern border on Tuesday The wall will be painted black As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve the effectiveness of the wall.
Nome said before part of the southern border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, who explained that the wall was painted completely black to make it heated up, making it harder to climb and keep the metal in rust.
Noem praised “a big and beautiful bill” Congress In July, what she said was “incredible resources” was “will allow us to continue building walls”, which she said would go forward with about half a mile of new walls every day.
The secretary explained that the new paint was “particularly coming at the request of the president, who knew that in the hot temperatures here, when things were painted black, it would get warmer, which would make it harder to climb.”
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the entire southern border wall would be painted black as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve border security. (Alex Brandon/Pool by Reuters and Fox News Photos/Joshua Comins)
“So we will paint the entire southern border wall black to make sure that individuals are encouraged not to enter our country illegally and not to violate our federal laws, but they will comply and come to our country in the right way so that they can stay and have a chance to be USA Citizens and pursues the American dream,” Norm said.
Talking White House On Friday, Trump recalled the moment he told Norm, “We had to apply a coat of paint.”
“And I don’t know she’s listening, but I said, we have to get a piece of paint, which should be black, because the black makes the steel very hot. It’s unshakable.” “You can fry the eggs on it and if you get good black, flat paint, it looks beautiful and it will be protected from rusting. That’s it, I handed it over to her with 30 other things.”
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This aerial image taken on December 8, 2023 shows the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sasabay, Arizona. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump turned to Noem, who was in the room next to him, and he asked, “Will this be two coats or one coat?” the secretary replied, “Only one coat.”
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The president quipped: “Two sets [job] We will do the second time in three years from now. ”
“But it looks pretty,” he continued. “But thank you very much. I don’t know you’re listening.

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