What's better than a 30-foot-tall border wall? A 30-foot-tall border wall painted black to make it hotter in the desert sun.
According to Fox News, President Trump channeled his inner Mick Jagger and gave the order to "paint it black."
Speaking in front of a portion of the southern border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Noem explained that the wall would be painted entirely black for the dual purposes of making it heat up more and thus harder to climb, as well as increasing the lifespan of the metal.
Noem said the new paintwork comes at the request of President Donald Trump.
Trump's wall, one of the lynchpins of his presidencies (both in symbolism and policy), continues to evolve, thanks in part to the passage of the "Big, Beautiful Bill" and the increased border security funding that comes with it.
The secretary said that construction on the wall is advancing at a pace of close to half a mile per day. Besides additional wall and the new paint job, Noem said the administration is also investing in technology, cameras, sensors and waterborne infrastructure that she said will ensure the border 'will be secure far into the future and that will be efficient as well.'
Knowing the government, we can only hope they didn't blow all the funding on these buckets of paint!
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