Donald Trump’s “Impenetrable” Wall Has Been Knocked Down By The Wind

According to Donald Trump, his coveted border wall is “impenetrable” and “a great wall”.

Apparently though, it’s no match for a stiff breeze — on Wednesday (US time) it blew straight over and landed in Mexico.

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— Rio. (@M_2DA_G) January 30, 2020

The winds that managed to topple the wall (in a remarkable bit of symbolism) were about 60kmh.

The offending section was still under construction and had been set in concrete that hadn’t yet dried. It was replacing an existing section of the wall near the town of Mexicali.

Naturally, the internet is loving itself sick over the news.

So now Mexico has a wall and we paid for it? #TrumpWallFalls

— RemotelyHuman (@SFB2009) January 30, 2020

You would think a wall Trump was building would be better at dodging drafts.#ThursdayThought#TrumpWallFalls #ThursdayThought

— Senor DingDong (@SenorDingDong3) January 30, 2020

This definitely looks like something built by Donald Trump. #TrumpWallFalls pic.twitter.com/whTDa2J50s

— DamonMPA (@DamonMPA) January 30, 2020

Reports are the tunnel underneath suffered no damage

— Common Sense (@Cochu1) January 30, 2020

I’m so happy my tax dollar went towards this and not feeding hungry people

— The Demon Cook of Yeet Street ?️? (@ThePanCook2020) January 30, 2020

The building of the wall between Mexico and the US is one of Trump’s signature policies but has been repeatedly criticised — not just for the billions of dollars that are being wasted on it, but for how damn inefficient it is.

Last year there were reports that smugglers were literally just cutting through sections of the wall to get through. On top of that, thieves were stealing razor wire off the wall and reselling it to residents in Tijuana.

A viral video from December also showed people in Mexico easily scaling the wall and sliding down it like it was a damn fireman’s pole.

This is the newly replaced wall along the US/MEXICO border. #TheWall pic.twitter.com/MIrD3HhVsE

— J. Omar Ornelas (@fotornelas) December 4, 2019

Here’s some of Trump’s many quotes about the wall:

2014: “I am a builder. I build great buildings. Building a border — you know they talk about, ‘Oh, I don’t know, how can we possibly build a fence that nobody can climb over?’ I would build a border like you’ve never seen before. Nobody’s climbing over.”

2015: “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively.”

2015: “We’re going to build a wall, and it’s going to be impenetrable, it will be a real wall.”

2015: And it’s going to be a great wall. O.K.? And, by the way, Mexico will pay for it. It’s going to be a great wall, because I do — I know how to build.

2015: “I’m a builder. That’s easy. I build buildings that are — can I tell you what’s more complicated? What’s more complicated is building a building that’s 95 stories tall. OK?”

2016: “China built a wall that’s 13,000 miles long 2,000 years ago. My ambition is for ours to be much higher.”

You just can’t make this stuff up.