A bad tribute to the Rolling Stones? Almost 60 years after the title release Paint It, BlackDonald Trump is also taken from a desire to paint everything in black. Starting with the wall on the border between the United States and Mexico. This is the new idea that the American president had, announced by the American secretary for internal security Kristi Noem.
“It is precisely at the request of the president, who understands that with the high temperatures which reign here, when an object is painted in black, it becomes even warmer, which will make the ascent even more difficult for people, She detailed during a press conference on Tuesday August 29 in Santa Teresa, in New Mexico, before staging with a brush, passing a first layer of paint on a part of the wall.
“It is high, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, if not impossible. It also sinks deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig undershe congratulated herself. And today we will also paint it in black ”. According to the head of the American border guards Michael Banks, black paint will also prevent steel from rusting.
Donald Trump thus concretizes an idea that has lived in him for a few years already, despite his high cost (the agency evoked a million dollars per Mile). In 2020, the billionaire had considered this measure when a black coating had been tested on certain sections of the wall.
At the time, the reasoned reason for this color change was different, it is according to managers of customs and borders to create a contrast to the natural environment. But it already seemed to be a fad of the American president. “The reasons invoked to paint the wall in black have changed so much that the only thing that has not changed is the president’s desire to paint him in black”then declared a former head of internal security at CNN.
Beyond the black paint, Kristi Noem announced that the administration plans to install more river infrastructure along the Rio Grande, which runs along more than half of the border between the two countries. According to the Texas authorities, they are added to the floating barriers and the edges on the banks already been installed on certain parts of the river.
These measures are part of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policy when he has already allocated $ 46 million to the construction of additional walls, voted this summer by the Congress. According to Kristi Noem, half a million, 800 meters, of walls is built every day along the border of 3,218 kilometers. In recent months, the number of border passages and the undocumented migrant detentions have dropped in the return of Donald Trump, with 4,600 in July and 6,000 in June, a fall of 92 % over a year.