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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4885718" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>The donald administration proved adept at demolition, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html" target="_blank">scrapping environmental regulations</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/climate/trump-pollution-rollback.html" target="_blank">rolling back fuel efficiency standards</a>, and <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-exits-paris-climate-accord-after-trump-stalls-global-warming-action-for-four-years/" target="_blank">withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement</a>. But the construction project for which this presidency is most likely to be remembered is the <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/records-show-trumps-border-wall-is-costing-taxpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts" target="_blank">U.S.-Mexico border wall</a>. Most of the roughly 360 miles of barrier completed so far replaces existing fencing, and the work has cost U.S. taxpayers about five times more per mile than in previous administrations, according to <em><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/records-show-trumps-border-wall-is-costing-taxpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts" target="_blank">ProPublica</a>. </em>It, too, falls short of Trump’s campaign promises, including the notion that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/trump-mexico-pay-wall.html" target="_blank">Mexico would pay for it</a>.</p><p></p><h2>Bloomberg</h2></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4885718, member: 54375"] The donald administration proved adept at demolition, [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html']scrapping environmental regulations[/URL], [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/climate/trump-pollution-rollback.html']rolling back fuel efficiency standards[/URL], and [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-exits-paris-climate-accord-after-trump-stalls-global-warming-action-for-four-years/']withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement[/URL]. But the construction project for which this presidency is most likely to be remembered is the [URL='https://www.propublica.org/article/records-show-trumps-border-wall-is-costing-taxpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts']U.S.-Mexico border wall[/URL]. Most of the roughly 360 miles of barrier completed so far replaces existing fencing, and the work has cost U.S. taxpayers about five times more per mile than in previous administrations, according to [I][URL='https://www.propublica.org/article/records-show-trumps-border-wall-is-costing-taxpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts']ProPublica[/URL]. [/I]It, too, falls short of Trump’s campaign promises, including the notion that [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/trump-mexico-pay-wall.html']Mexico would pay for it[/URL]. [HEADING=1]Bloomberg[/HEADING] [/QUOTE]

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