BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As disagreements over funding for President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall brought the government to the brink of a shutdown Friday [12-21-18], Trump tweeted a rendering he described not as a wall but rather a ‘Steel Slat Barrier.’ The rendering highlights spikes on top of the proposed barrier, which Trump described as ‘beautiful’ and ‘totally effective.’ The rendering and Trump’s omission of the word ‘wall’ comes as Democrats have signaled more likely cooperation in approving money for ‘fencing’ rather than a ‘wall.’ It’s something Trump has addressed on Twitter before: “The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall – but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it,” he tweeted Tuesday [12-18-18].”
–Joel Shannon, “Trump tweets spiky, ‘beautiful’ barrier rendering as border wall funding debate rages,” USA Today, December 21, 2018 8:25 pm