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Epic: Even US Special Forces Soldiers Can't Make It Past Trump's Wall Prototypes

By V. Saxena January 20, 2018 at 6:57am

A team of U.S. special forces that reportedly spent three whole weeks trying to breach and scale prototypes of President Donald Trump’s proposed southern border wall have ultimately failed.

According to The Associated Press, despite the team “using jackhammers, saws, torches and other tools and climbing devices,” it still found the process of trying to conquer the walls — particularly the taller ones — to be near impossible.

“The highly trained testers scaled 16 to 20 feet (5 to 6 meters) unassisted but needed help after that,” the AP reported, citing an unnamed government official with direct knowledge of the testing. “Only once did a tester manage to land a hook on top of the wall without help.”

According to Customs and Border Protection spokesman Carlos Diaz, the goal was to discern which features provide the best deterrence and then later combine them to essentially create the best/perfect border wall.

The agency’s acting deputy commissioner, Ronald Vitiello, said he was especially impressed by the walls’ heights, which reached as high as 30 feet, or “roughly twice as high as many existing barriers,” according to the AP.

The fact that even special forces found the task of climbing these towering barriers daunting certainly contradicts a oft-made claim by Obama-era Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that tall walls can easily be climbed.

“You show me a 50-foot wall, and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder,” she’s repeatedly said over the years.

Sorry, but U.S. special forces disagree, Madam …

As noted by Breitbart, news of these findings comes “amid intensifying discussions between the White House and Congress on immigration legislation to avert a government shutdown and renew” DACA, the Obama-era program Trump rescinded last year.

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By Saturday that shutdown had already been triggered, due in large part to the Democrats’ refusal to accept any immigration deal that includes funding for the president’s wall.

“Democrats have made it clear that they will not allow funding for the southern border wall that Trump has insisted on since taking office,” Vox reported last month.

Apparently, Democrats view the wall as a waste of money, despite testing proving its capably to thwart would-be illegal immigrants.

This position still reportedly stands, though the president has likewise made it clear that he won’t approve any measure to fix DACA unless it includes funding for the wall.

It’s an exasperating stalemate, especially given how much easier Trump’s wall would make it for CBP to patrol our borders and stop anyone from crossing over.

But God forbid the Democrats ever put aside their love for illegal immigrants to do something that would benefit their own constituents.

H/T Military.com

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