President Trump drew applause at a Wednesday rally in Cedar Rapids, Ohio, when he publicly revealed plans to attach solar panels to his controversial southern border wall project. Trump had previously pitched the solar wall to congressional republicans in a June 6 meeting.
We’re thinking about building the wall as a solar wall, so it creates energy and pays for itself. –Donald J. Trump
While discussing the merits of the project, Trump mused:
Think of it – the higher it goes, the more valuable it is!
The wall – a core promise made by Trump throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, is intended to stem the flow of drugs and illegal immigration into the United States. Candidate Trump repeatedly claimed that Mexico would pay for the wall, however when it came time to discuss details after the election, Mexican leaders pushed back fiercely. In response, Trump suggested that the United States would pay for the wall upfront and find ways of extracting payment from Mexico later.
Trump pointed out that by attaching solar panels to the wall, “Mexico will have to pay much less money – and that’s good, right?”
Marketing to Liberals 101- In what’s sure to keep left leaning fact checkers snarking away into the night, President Trump claimed the solar panels were his idea – a statement that’s pure bait for petty pundits like Rachel Maddow, who will inform her dwindling audience that plans for solar have ackchually been included in several designs submitted to the Department of Homeland Security by over 200 companies since the project was announced. Once Maddow fans smugly scoff at the incorrect statement, the fact that Trump is building a green, earth-friendly solar wall be the message which reaches liberal hearts and minds – especially in swing states – counteracting some of the outrage over the ‘injustice’ of forcing illegal immigrants to get in line and legally reside in the United States.
To that end – during the rally, Trump said he favored legislation which would block welfare benefits for new immigrants for at least five years.
“The time has come for new immigration rules which say that those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially, and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years”
Trump on 5 Year welfare ban for Immigrants: "Those seeking admission must be able to support themselves financially" https://t.co/3dwUoqLcyD pic.twitter.com/0t3FQYFkEy
— ZeroPointNow (@ZeroPointNow) June 22, 2017
Green energy and sustainable, legal immigrants? I like it!
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The blonde…
I love it. Getting into the USA should be exactly like joining a country club. A lunch/meeting in front of the board with 3 letter’s of recommendations written by Sr club members. The loopholes in our immigration system, and flat out negligence of enforcing existing laws is over with. If you want to come to this country, be ready to contribute.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa… Geography much?
This wall idea with Mexico is dumb anyway. If one wants to stem the flow of drugs into US, legalize it and thus remove the incentive to trafficking. Same with illegal immigration into US, remove the incentives, i.e. welfare and use asset forfeiture laws to let illegals die of poverty in the streets; or drive illegals elsewhere if they cannot accumulate wealth. Easy.
I used to think oh these immigrants are hard working and really appreciate the opportunity they have to build a better life in America.
Then we hired a nanny at one point, which by the way was hard to do after explaining that we wanted to actually follow the tax rules and not pay them under the table. She started telling my little kids how Americans are all lazy and how her husband is some contractor who doesn’t declare his income so never pays his taxes. What’s great person to have my kids spend time with!
She was fired the next day, and fortunately my wife decided to stay home with them for many more years.
I don’t want to shut down immigration completely but you’d have to work pretty hard to explain to me why we should bring people here knowing full well they will be a net drain on the economy through welfare and other “free” benefits like health care and education without any corresponding tax payment.