[Hoot Gibson]

Now I realize that your new focus will be to try your best to make the entirety of this discussion all about the corps of engineers, but no, it is my position that you continue to look for ways to blame Trump or otherwise castigate him as a failure in his efforts to fund and build the border wall. In this case you had to resort to the CNN perspective in order to get any backup. And I'll make one last attempt to point out the obvious; You did just assert the fact that border wall contracts are about to be awarded, did you not? Sounds a lot like border wall construction to me. Oh but wait, you said border wall would not be constructed.

Congress and their puppet masters are the culprit here, not the President. Instead of worrying about people like Cory Booker, Jerrold Nadler and Nancy Pelosi, you're still coming in there sideways bashing Trump. Meanwhile in true antagonist fashion, hundreds of thousands of lifelong wards of state and their progeny, continue to pour across the southern border under the watchful protection of Dems and the 9th Circus. Which you will pay for BTW. It's all Trump's fault.

What I quoted and what I highlighted for emphasis was straight from Trump's own Defense Department. CNN had nothing to do with it. Put whatever spin you want on the recently signed contracts, but the U.S. Army describes the documents signed as being for replacing existing fences. This is equivalent to local politicians spreading a thin layer of asphalt on existing roads prior to an upcoming election. Hopefully, the replacement walls will be a big improvement over what they are replacing. It takes time to acquire rights of way, design and build structures where none exist. The clock is ticking and two years have already been wasted.