President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature policy of former President Donald Trump.
  • jeffw@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    The administration said the action did not deviate from Biden’s proclamation because money that was allocated during Trump’s term in 2019 had to be spent now. Asked by reporters if the border wall works, Biden said “no,” but that the administration had to use the money. “I can’t stop that," he said.

    Title is a little misleading

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      This key detail is the thing nearly every news source is leaving out and it’s infuriating.

      Granted if he wanted to be cheeky he could “spend money on the border wall” and have all that money being used to build aid stations instead of actual walls, or see what loopholes are open to improve working conditions for border patrol agents who would have monitor the wall anyways.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        11 months ago

        Nope.

        Once congress decides to set money to a thing- border walls, Ukraine Military Aid… the president is supposed to do that thing.

        Which, you’ll note, Trump was the one who (tried) to ignore that. You’ll also note that Putin invaded almost immediately after Biden stepped into the office. (Because delaying at that point meant letting Ukraine become increasingly resilient.)

        If it wasn’t obvious, trump is a traitor.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            11 months ago

            it was actually trump.

            It’s also deeply unpopular, as it’s being demonstrated to be largely useless… and the amount of graft with the contracts to build it being positively insane.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            11 months ago

            hey buddy, check the update that happened…before you ever commented.

            also… would now be a good time to drop this:

      • dan1101
        6·
        11 months ago

        Congress controls the budget and whoever is president signs it into law. I would still think there is something Biden could do but it might take cooperation of Congress

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          he can (and has,) ask congress to reconsider, but the funding was already approved in a bill signed by trump. congress has refused to reconsider it, leading to work needing to start going on.

  • OldWoodFrame
    311·
    11 months ago

    In other words, emphasizing to Trump’s followers that Biden is the moderate who will build some walls where appropriate.

    • andrewta@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 months ago

      Or… the money was already allocated by congress and Biden didn’t really have a say in it