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<div><strong style="font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">On Wednesday, president Trump excitedly tweeted that he&#39;d been briefed on construction of his new Southern Border Wall, and attached pictures showing construction.</strong></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great briefing this afternoon on the start of our Southern Border WALL! <a href="https://t.co/pmCNoxxlkH">pic.twitter.com/pmCNoxxlkH</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/979082457340407808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>However, there&#39;s just one (significant) issue with Trump&#39;s announcement about the wall.</strong></p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="265" src="https://giphy.com/embed/3o72EUYPgo7D0EXBiE" width="480"></iframe> <p> </p> </div><p>Upon first glance, one would assume the pictures in Trump&#39;s tweet depict construction of the wall he&#39;s been avidly promising his (most xenophobic and racist) supporters.</p><p>But alas, the photos are in fact deceptive. The wall construction featured in Trump&#39;s tweet has been going on for months already, according to a report from <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/trump-tweeted-pictures-claiming-the-start-of-his-border?utm_term=.qwGOPEBagr#.nrJZjgAYeQ" target="_blank"><em>Buzzfeed News</em></a>.</p><p>It&#39;s not actually showing a new massive southern border wall. Instead, the photos are showing a project to replace broken down parts of the border wall along Calexico, California.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="376" src="https://giphy.com/embed/l14qxlCgJ0zUk" width="480"></iframe> <p><strong>Back in February, the US Customs and Border Protection released a statement about the project, which has been in the planning stages since 2009.</strong></p> </div><p>&quot;Although the existing wall has proven effective at deterring unlawful cross border activity, smuggling organizations damaged and breached this outdated version of a border wall several hundred times during the last two years,&quot; the statement read.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The original portion of the wall was constructed in the 1990s out of recycled metal.</p><p><strong>The San Diego Border Patrol office tweeted pictures of the very same wall construction project back in February.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BorderWall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BorderWall</a> replacement project has begun near downtown <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calexico</a> within <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USBP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USBP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElCentro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ElCentro</a> Sector. 2.25 miles of old landing mat wall will be replaced with 30-foot high bollard style. Read: <a href="https://t.co/owC57XK2Dh">https://t.co/owC57XK2Dh</a> <a href="https://t.co/TAFqh3HPjv">pic.twitter.com/TAFqh3HPjv</a></p>&mdash; CBP San Diego (@CBPSanDiego) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPSanDiego/status/967065747758485504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Despite the fairly deceptive nature of Trump&#39;s twitter photos, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed with <em>BuzzFeed News</em> that Trump did in fact meet with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday afternoon. </p><p>While no details from the meeting have spilled, a spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection, Carlos Diaz, shared that DHS is still mulling over prototypes for construction of the wall, and there has been no new sections built as of yet.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump tweeted pictures of his new border wall. There's one big problem.

Bronwyn Isaac

On Wednesday, president Trump excitedly tweeted that he&#39;d been briefed on construction of his new Southern Border Wall, and attached pictures showing construction.Great briefing this afternoon on the start of our Southern Border WALL! pic.twitter.com/pmCNoxxlkH&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2018 However, there&#39;s just one (significant) issue with Trump&#39;s announcement about the wall.   Upon first glance, one would assume the pictures in Trump&#39;s tweet depict construction of the wall he&#39;s been avidly promising his (most xenophobic and racist) supporters.But alas, the photos are in fact deceptive. The wall construction featured in Trump&#39;s tweet has been going on for months already, according to a report from Buzzfeed News.It&#39;s not actually showing a new massive southern border wall. Instead, the photos are showing a project to replace broken down parts of the border wall along Calexico, California. Back in February, the US Customs and Border Protection released a statement about the project, which has been in the planning stages since 2009. &quot;Although the existing wall has proven effective at deterring unlawful cross border activity, smuggling organizations damaged and breached this outdated version of a border wall several hundred times during the last two years,&quot; the statement read.The original portion of the wall was constructed in the 1990s out of recycled metal.The San Diego Border Patrol office tweeted pictures of the very same wall construction project back in February.A #BorderWall replacement project has begun near downtown #Calexico within #USBP #ElCentro Sector. 2.25 miles of old landing mat wall will be replaced with 30-foot high bollard style. Read: https://t.co/owC57XK2Dh pic.twitter.com/TAFqh3HPjv&mdash; CBP San Diego (@CBPSanDiego) February 23, 2018 Despite the fairly deceptive nature of Trump&#39;s twitter photos, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed with BuzzFeed News that Trump did in fact meet with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday afternoon. While no details from the meeting have spilled, a spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection, Carlos Diaz, shared that DHS is still mulling over prototypes for construction of the wall, and there has been no new sections built as of yet.