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I guess, after getting rejected on his no-bid offer for Greenland — Resident Rump has moved on to ‘greener pastures’ … onto Conquests, that he might actually complete check the box on:
“A Wall, A Wall, my kingdom for a Wall!”
DONALD TRUMP DEMANDS AIDES SEE BORDER WALL BUILT BEFORE ELECTION DAY—AND HE'LL PARDON THEM IF THEY BREAK THE LAW: REPORT
by Chantal Da SIlva, Newsweek — Aug 28, 2019
President Donald Trump is so desperate to see his long-promised border wall built before the 2020 presidential election that he has reportedly promised to pardon aides for any "potential wrongdoing" should they have to break laws in order to get the job done, a new report claims.
According to The Washington Post which cited multiple sources inside the White House who spoke on condition of anonymity, Trump has grown increasingly worried over the slow progress his administration has made on bringing his border wall vision to fruition.
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After officials suggested that some orders related to the wall's construction would be unfeasible or even illegal, Trump reportedly said: "Don't worry, I'll pardon you," suggesting that he would be willing to pardon aides for any wrongdoing in the bid to see his border wall built.
When officials raised concerns about contracting procedures and the use of eminent domain—the government's power to take private property and convert it into public use—the president said they should just "take the land."
Pardon me.
Long as Trump is in the Law-breaking, Land-grabbing mood, why stop at just building an illegal fool-hardy, take-the-land Wall?
by Aris Folley, TheHill — Aug 27, 2019
The Trump administration is moving to lift logging restrictions on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the country’s largest national forest, The Washington Post reports.
The president reportedly directed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to lift the restrictions put in place under the Clinton administration’s 2001 “Roadless Rule” earlier this month, three sources familiar with the matter told the Post.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the rule establishes prohibitions on “road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting on 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands.”
The move to roll back the rule could reportedly downgrade protections for the majority of the rainforest, which spans 16.7 million acres, and potentially allow for possible logging and mining projects.
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Cut ‘em if you got ‘em.
Because where were going in Trump’s “No Rules” America — we don’t need no stinking roads!
To destroy one of the largest temperate rain forests in the world.
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