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Trump Wants Transparent Border Wall to Protect Against Falling Drugs

HeadlineJul 14, 2017

President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Wednesday night that he hopes to build a transparent wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bizarre statement in which the president warned of the hazard of falling sacks of narcotics. A transcript of Trump’s remarks released by the White House reads, “As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them—they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It’s over. As crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall.” Trump also said he wasn’t joking when he suggested the U.S.-Mexico border wall should be covered in solar panels.

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