China News Service, May 7 (Xinhua Post) reported that according to an internal US document, US President Trump is pushing to paint the border wall black, and the project's budget may exceed 500 million US dollars.
Data graph: US President Trump. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe
According to reports, Trump ’s idea has a long history. In the past few years, he has always wanted to paint the border wall black. However, due to the initial construction and maintenance costs, the military and border officials tried to dissuade Trump from giving up. design.
However, Trump insisted that the design will prevent undocumented immigrants from climbing the border wall, saying that this color can play a daunting role, and after the heat is absorbed in the summer, it will be too hot to dare to touch. In addition, he publicly praised during the epidemic that the border wall and increased immigration enforcement efforts prevented the new coronavirus from further spreading to the United States.
Although the black scheme was excluded from the original design specifications of the US Customs and Border Protection, it was reported that Trump asked White House officials to continue the paint work and make a budget.
"Washington Post" quoted an internal valuation statement that if you paint two layers of acrylic paint, it will cost 500 million US dollars, if you want to brush steel columns with high-grade paint, the cost will be as high as 3 billion US dollars.
The analysis pointed out that this move will take place in November when the general election is approaching, or to consolidate its basic plate. The border wall was one of the main issues of Trump's 2016 campaign.