President-elect Donald Trump called on the Biden administration to stop its effort to sell off tons of border wall construction materials before Trump takes office.
Government contractors in Arizona have been hauling off tons of steel bollards and fencing purchased under the first Trump administration to be used in border wall construction, according to exclusive video obtained by The Daily Wire. The materials have been posted on a government surplus auction site at starting bids as low as $5.
EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials.
Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold. pic.twitter.com/ogaQMBHw7R
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) December 12, 2024
Trump posted about the apparent fire sale on his social media platform, Truth, late on Friday.
“Joe Biden keeps talking about a smooth transition and unified government, and yet he races to sell desperately needed border wall for pennies on the dollar. It will cost the U.S. a fortune, and time, to get the exact same wall to replace what has been sold, and the new wall will cost triple the price. It is CRAZY, and must be stopped,” Trump wrote.
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In Arizona, a trucking company contracted by the government is hauling off an estimated half-mile worth of wall materials every day, and government officials want all the extra materials cleared and listed for sale by Christmas, according to one Border Patrol agent who spoke to The Daily Wire.
The sell-off appears to be an attempt to slow the implementation of Trump’s agenda after the former president takes office again on January 20. Without the ready supplies, the Trump administration will have to buy more, and may be forced to request additional funding through congress in order to get more materials.
The revelation related to the border wall sale has earned harsh criticism from Republicans who say the operation is wasteful and amounts to sabotage. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri demanded the effort be stopped in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week.
“I am writing to demand that you immediately cease the auctioning off of border wall materials,” Schmitt said. “Senate Republicans, including the incoming Chairman, as well as my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services have raised the absurdity of selling border wall materials through letters, nomination hearings, and through the National Defense Authorization Act legislative process.”
“While recouping less than 0.02% of taxpayer money used to secure these materials, the Biden Administration is sabotaging the incoming Trump Administration just weeks ahead of President Trump’s inauguration,” Schmitt added. “These border wall materials will cost tens of thousands of U.S. taxpayer dollars to replace and will be critical to stem the record flow of millions of illegal immigrants who were welcomed across our border during the Biden Administration.”
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President-elect Donald Trump called on the Biden administration to stop its effort to sell off tons of border wall construction materials before Trump takes office.
Government contractors in Arizona have been hauling off tons of steel bollards and fencing purchased under the first Trump administration to be used in border wall construction, according to exclusive video obtained by The Daily Wire. The materials have been posted on a government surplus auction site at starting bids as low as $5.
EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials.
Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold. pic.twitter.com/ogaQMBHw7R
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) December 12, 2024
Trump posted about the apparent fire sale on his social media platform, Truth, late on Friday.
“Joe Biden keeps talking about a smooth transition and unified government, and yet he races to sell desperately needed border wall for pennies on the dollar. It will cost the U.S. a fortune, and time, to get the exact same wall to replace what has been sold, and the new wall will cost triple the price. It is CRAZY, and must be stopped,” Trump wrote.
CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
In Arizona, a trucking company contracted by the government is hauling off an estimated half-mile worth of wall materials every day, and government officials want all the extra materials cleared and listed for sale by Christmas, according to one Border Patrol agent who spoke to The Daily Wire.
The sell-off appears to be an attempt to slow the implementation of Trump’s agenda after the former president takes office again on January 20. Without the ready supplies, the Trump administration will have to buy more, and may be forced to request additional funding through congress in order to get more materials.
The revelation related to the border wall sale has earned harsh criticism from Republicans who say the operation is wasteful and amounts to sabotage. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri demanded the effort be stopped in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week.
“I am writing to demand that you immediately cease the auctioning off of border wall materials,” Schmitt said. “Senate Republicans, including the incoming Chairman, as well as my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services have raised the absurdity of selling border wall materials through letters, nomination hearings, and through the National Defense Authorization Act legislative process.”
“While recouping less than 0.02% of taxpayer money used to secure these materials, the Biden Administration is sabotaging the incoming Trump Administration just weeks ahead of President Trump’s inauguration,” Schmitt added. “These border wall materials will cost tens of thousands of U.S. taxpayer dollars to replace and will be critical to stem the record flow of millions of illegal immigrants who were welcomed across our border during the Biden Administration.”
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