Report: New White House Chief Of Staff Believes He Has Convinced Trump To Give Up On Border Wall

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Report: New White House Chief Of Staff Believes He Has Convinced Trump To Give Up On Border Wall

Eric Owens
Education Editor
6:37 PM 07/31/2017

 

New White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly believes he has convinced President Donald Trump to abandon his pledge to construct a large and lengthy wall along the border separating the United States and Mexico, according to The New Yorker.

At a private meeting in tony Aspen, Colorado, two weeks ago, Kelly told a group of high-profile attendees that he had extensively discussed the border wall issue with Trump. Kelly believes he persuaded Trump to abandon his policy goal of erecting a lengthy wall along the 1,954-mile border which the United States shares with Mexico, according to The New Yorker.

Instead of a wall, Kelly said he suggested Trump could utilize a combination of complex monitoring equipment, continuous air surveillance and many miles of fencing can effectively secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/31/report-new-white-house-chief-of-staff-believes-he-has-convinced-trump-to-give-up-on-border-wall/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

[Oceander]

As if Trump needed much persuading.

[libertybele]

No healthcare.  No wall.  No votes.

[guitar4jesus]

[edpc]

Instead of a wall, Kelly said he suggested Trump could utilize a combination of complex monitoring equipment, continuous air surveillance and many miles of fencing can effectively secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

How about a 1,954 mile line of solar panels?

[Applewood]

Trump has made no effort to fulfill the promises he made to the voters who voted for him.  He prefers to leave these matters to others -- congress especially -- so when things don't get done, he can blame them.

And Trump's supporters will continue to believe his excuses and accusations because they have no minds of their own.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Nobody has done more to solve illegal immigration than President Trump and his good buddy Jeff Sessions
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,274406.0.html
DOJ Unapologetically Using Term 'Illegal Alien'

Trump fans should be grateful.

[240B]

Nope.


I don't believe this at all. There is no way possible under the sun that Trump will give up building his wall. Trump is builder. That's what he does. He wants to build the wall for the sake of building it. It will be his legacy. It will be his ultimate monument.


As a side item it might keep illegals out too. But that's not the main point.

[driftdiver]

Trump has made no effort to fulfill the promises he made to the voters who voted for him.  He prefers to leave these matters to others -- congress especially -- so when things don't get done, he can blame them.

And Trump's supporters will continue to believe his excuses and accusations because they have no minds of their own.

ahhh bullpucky

[skeeter]

According to the New Yorker, who quote "several sources",

"Kelly explained that he had spent a great deal of time talking through the issue with Trump, and he believed he had convinced the President that he didn’t actually need to build a physical wall along the entire nineteen-hundred-mile-long border between the United States and Mexico. Instead, the use of sophisticated monitoring technology, air surveillance, and fencing could secure the border with what Trump could start calling a “barrier.”

Just putting the issue in a more reasonable context.

[edpc]

Trump is builder. That's what he does.

No, he's a brander.  Many properties are built and maintained by other developers.  He licenses his name for a fee or percentage.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

No, he's a brander.  Many properties are built and maintained by other developers.  He licenses his name for a fee or percentage.

The TacoBell Chipotle National Southern Border Wall will be the BEST licensed wall you have ever seen.  Believe me.

[Applewood]

ahhh bullpucky

Spoken (written) like a true believer.

[libertybele]

Trump has made no effort to fulfill the promises he made to the voters who voted for him.  He prefers to leave these matters to others -- congress especially -- so when things don't get done, he can blame them.

And Trump's supporters will continue to believe his excuses and accusations because they have no minds of their own.

??? Leave the matters to Congress?  Last time I checked the President has to get approval from Congress to spend money; they hold the purse strings. President Trump several months ago asked for bids from various different companies/builders for the wall.  Congress FAILED to include $$ for a border wall other than to make repairs to the the existing border wall, and FAILED to include $$ for any future, additional wall.

[libertybele]

According to the New Yorker, who quote "several sources",

"Kelly explained that he had spent a great deal of time talking through the issue with Trump, and he believed he had convinced the President that he didn’t actually need to build a physical wall along the entire nineteen-hundred-mile-long border between the United States and Mexico. Instead, the use of sophisticated monitoring technology, air surveillance, and fencing could secure the border with what Trump could start calling a “barrier.”

Just putting the issue in a more reasonable context.

Thanks for the info -- do you have a link?

[skeeter]

Thanks for the info -- do you have a link?

Its embedded in the Daily Caller article. Unnamed sources, of course.

[bolobaby]

...and many miles of fencing...

GOOD! We don't need a wall! We need an Israeli style border fence!



Walls are STUPID. A fence is EFFECTIVE.

[bolobaby]

No, he's a brander.  Many properties are built and maintained by other developers.  He licenses his name for a fee or percentage.

You're both wrong. He's a bankrupter who profits personally.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

There is absolutely nothing new in this story -- the entire point of the article is to try to drive a wedge between Trump and his new Chief of Staff so as to weaken the Administration. 

Earlier in July, before Kelly was Chief of Staff, Trump flatly described exactly what the article claims:

Trump Says Mexico Border Wall Doesn't Need to Cover The Whole Border

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/13/mexico-border-wall-trump-plan-wont-need-full-border

And even back in December 2016, before Kelly was even nominated for DHS, Trump came out and said you don't need a wall across the entire border because of natural barriers:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-no-full-border-wall-thanks-vicious-rivers-article-1.2895264

They're trying to manufacture a Trump/Kelly conflict, hoping that Trump will not want people to believe he is being pushed around by Kelly.

[Cripplecreek]

[HonestJohn]

You can fool some of the people all of the time; you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time.
- P. T. Barnum

[Cripplecreek]

You can fool some of the people all of the time; you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time.
- P. T. Barnum

My fool brother in law is sure that Trump is going to nuke Russia, China, and NK leading to him becoming the most popular president of all time and "undisputed leader of the planet".

[Chosen Daughter]

Instead he is getting ready to dump a giant turd.

[SunkenCiv]

There is absolutely nothing new in this story -- the entire point of the article is to try to drive a wedge between Trump and his new Chief of Staff so as to weaken the Administration.

/bingo