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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/articles/dhs-secretary-says-entire-southern-002106684.htmlThe stupid just keeps getting worse. Trump and Noem agree to paint the wall black? Has no one informed them that there are many ways to get around a wall? All the millions of gallons of paint wasted on tax payers dollars? WTF is wrong with these idiots? So it appears, they want to spend the money on paint, not Medicaid. Unbelievable.
We are desperately in need of people in the White House that actually have a brain. This shit has to stop.
And again, I sit here and just shake my head, and wonder what's next..
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That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here when something is painted black it gets even warmer and it will make it even harder for people to climb. So we are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally, Noem said.

Skittles
(166,815 posts)
riversedge
(77,278 posts)Skittles
(166,815 posts)seriously
lastlib
(26,507 posts)they couldn't compete with the tRump circus.......
riversedge
(77,278 posts)I can think of LOTS of things--like food, shelter, schools, bridges, roads --for the needy of this country, that this money could be better used for!!
.........During Trump's first term, building the wall was a central focus of his hardline immigration policy. During his second term, his mass deportation agenda with arrests in the interior of the country has been the main focus, but Homeland Security will be getting about $46 billion to complete the wall as part of new funding passed by Congress this summer.
Noem said they have been building about a half mile of barrier every day.
..........
Irish_Dem
(73,311 posts)Norrrm
(2,737 posts)Fact check: 20 false and misleading claims Trump made in his announcement speech
We built the wall, and now we will add to it. Now, we built the wall we completed the wall and then we said lets do more, and we did a lot more. And we did a lot more..."
angrychair
(11,022 posts)They said "we will paint the wall black" but all I heard was "it has electrolytes"
Response to LilElf70 (Original post)
WestMichRad This message was self-deleted by its author.
JustAnotherGen
(36,698 posts)
Irish_Dem
(73,311 posts)But they tell us the US is broke and we cannot afford anything for the people.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,357 posts)IcyPeas
(24,070 posts)... at least they're not electrifying it...... yet
BidenRocks
(2,035 posts)I will invest in 21 foot Mexican ladders.
Paint it black?
I will invest in a Mexican glove and blanket source.
Stupid fucks!
WestMichRad
(2,530 posts)I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
H2O Man
(77,727 posts)before posting this. One of their best.
AZJonnie
(1,233 posts)Oh, wait, I'm pretty sure I figured that the asphalt in the street was hotter than the light concrete sidewalk by about the time I was 3 years old
Do I get a special shoutout for having grasped this arcane wisdom, too, Kristi?
The regime's lackeys, including the puppy-killer here, are just a pathetic, disgraceful gaggle of knob-polishers and ass-kissers.
Oh, and lemme guess, somehow none of these 1000's of miles of wall are subject to any kind of EIR, because fuckface has unilaterally declared those unneeded and 'woke'? And they're making zero accommodations to minimize the walls impact on the local flora and fauna? And all the border land, even that owned by private individuals, is subject to seizure by eminent domain?
Layzeebeaver
(2,008 posts)The stupid is strong with these so called people.
tanyev
(47,542 posts)Fiendishly clever.
Layzeebeaver
(2,008 posts)GENIUS!!!
kkmarie
(307 posts)Of course he said a bunch of other batshit crazy stuff. Here's an excerpt and link to the article from June 30, 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-southern-border-illegal-immigration-no-migrants-2092579
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW
rpannier
(24,751 posts)JT45242
(3,578 posts)See... he's not a racist...he likes black so much he painted the wall black.
Which donor is making the black paint that the government will buy at 2-5 times retail value?
How much of a kickback is mango getting for the paint?
Godot51
(600 posts)as the Stones sang...
lastlib
(26,507 posts)Of course, painting the NORTH side is kinda superfluous, since it won't get much sun.........
"Staybull jeenyus"
GoodRaisin
(10,445 posts)
llmart
(16,726 posts)What a stupid and confusing statement. Encourage individuals to not come??? Encourage??? Jaysus, she's as dumb as a box of rocks.
mwmisses4289
(1,917 posts)llmart
(16,726 posts)does she really think a little black paint will deter them?
LilElf70
(1,040 posts)what their thought process was. If the title of the article was meant to get attention, which I don't doubt, it did.
Who knows where this comes from? Narcissism is a strange thing.
yellowcanine
(36,589 posts)Just sayin. Even a black fence wil not stay hot at night.
GoCubsGo
(34,207 posts)that wall/fence vs. getting in other ways. Like, you know, overstaying their visas, tunneling in, coming in through the gaps, using ladders... I'm betting she has no clue.
Arazi
(8,274 posts)Did some paint guy buy a bunch of Traitor meme coins and now he gets a sweet (and stupid) contract?
Theyve got to know people go over it at night right? And just cutting holes in the fucking wall has proven to be the way many are coming through.
And then theres the fact many are wearing gloves anyway
jonstl08
(491 posts)So who is going to paint the Mexican side? I am sure Mexico will not let an American contractor on their side of the border to paint it.
PS. It is a waste of money. They will find other ways to get around.
haele
(14,509 posts)Cheaper, too, as the companies won't have to pay contributing taxes or fees to employ them.
What, those sneaky rascals are also painting the US side without having papers? How can that have happened?
Jilly_in_VA
(12,756 posts)Explainit to me like I'm in kindergarten.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,402 posts)The last time the president ordered officials to apply black paint to border barriers, it was an expensive failure. Naturally, hes trying it again.
As you see reports about Trump/Noem painting border barriers black, donât forget the recent history:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-20T15:58:42.730Z
When Trump made this same demand five years ago, it was an expensive and wasteful failure. True to form, heâs repeating the same mistake, expecting a different result. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/black-paint-border-barriers-trump-noem-are-repeating-familiar-mistake-rcna226052
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration and she credited President Trump with the idea. Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up a roller brush to help out with the painting.
The Cabinet secretary added that the paint project is being done specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer, and it will make it even harder for people to climb.
There was, however, one relevant detail that Noem neglected to mention: The Trump administration already tried this same idea, and it didnt work.......
Trump first started pushing the idea in 2019, at which point administration officials tried to explain to him that the painting project would waste too much time and money in pursuit of a goal that wouldnt make much of a difference anyway. Border officials were confident at the time that Trump understood their concerns and would focus his energies elsewhere.
They were mistaken. In 2020, when the president shouldve been working on the pandemic, he ordered his team to start applying black paint to the barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, insisting that it would make the barriers hot to the touch and discourage climbers.
To the surprise of no one, Trump was wrong and those who tried to discourage him were right. Not only did the black paint fail to discourage breaches, it also started peeling off about a year and a half after it was applied. The whole endeavor was an expensive waste.
And so, naturally, the Trump administration is giving it another try, expecting a different result, spending a lot of American tax dollars on an initiative that only makes sense in the president's imagination.
moondust
(20,994 posts)"Mr. Krasnov, paint that wall black!"
mwmisses4289
(1,917 posts)with gaps big enough to drive a truck through, and of such poor quality metal that a dremel tool can cut through it? That stupid boondoggle?
Did ice barbie take word salad lessons from palin and trump?
Beaverhausen
(24,652 posts)Seriously, I don't know.