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They built the Panama Canal which was 1000X as difficult!
They built a part of it.
They also built the intercostal waterway in Florida, and could build a wall, but then the people who lobbied for it would not get to pad their pockets.
In the other hand, it does not look like Trump even wants a wall anymore. He didn't even try to crack a deal with Dems, so it seems he is only using it to rile up his loyalists.
-One HQ, 8 Divisions, 2 Provisional Division, 45 Districts, 6 Centers, one active-duty unit, 2 Engineer Reserve Command
-At work in more than 90 countries
-Supports 159 Army installations and 91 Air Force installations
-Owns and operates 609 dams
-Owns or operates 257 navigation lock chambers at 212 sites
-Largest owner-operator of hydroelectric plants in the US. Owns and operates 75 plants—24% of U.S. hydropower capacity (3% of the total U.S. electric capacity)[37]
-Operates and maintains 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of commercial inland navigation channels
-Maintains 926 coast, Great Lakes, and inland harbors
-Dredge 255,000,000 cubic yards (195,000,000 m3) annually for construction or maintenance.
They do all of that plus defeated Germany and Japan to boot together. Building a freaking wall is like a walk in the park.
Of course the Corps is capable. But that’s not the question, there are any number of engineering companies capable of building it.
The question is whether Trump has the power to override Congress - he’d have to exercise eminent domain and divert the Corps in the face of the budgets already approved by Congress. His powers in this regard are not as sweeping as he thinks they are.
-One HQ, 8 Divisions, 2 Provisional Division, 45 Districts, 6 Centers, one active-duty unit, 2 Engineer Reserve Command
-At work in more than 90 countries
-Supports 159 Army installations and 91 Air Force installations
-Owns and operates 609 dams
-Owns or operates 257 navigation lock chambers at 212 sites
-Largest owner-operator of hydroelectric plants in the US. Owns and operates 75 plants—24% of U.S. hydropower capacity (3% of the total U.S. electric capacity)[37]
-Operates and maintains 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of commercial inland navigation channels
-Maintains 926 coast, Great Lakes, and inland harbors
-Dredge 255,000,000 cubic yards (195,000,000 m3) annually for construction or maintenance.
They do all of that plus defeated Germany and Japan to boot together. Building a freaking wall is like a walk in the park.
Yes, much like they build and maintain the levees in the New Orleans area. The levees block water from going where we don't want it to go, and a wall on the south border would prevent illegal aliens from where we don't want them to go.
The unions are going to be shut out if Pelosi and Schumer don't cooperate as the Army Corps of Engineers can build the wall. So much for Dems supporting unions.
The unions are going to be shut out if Pelosi and Schumer don't cooperate as the Army Corps of Engineers can build the wall. So much for Dems supporting unions.
You think the Army of Engineers has the skilled trade to not rely on any other subcontractors.
Pretending a pointless wall is a solution to national security is a game.
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