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| WATCH ‘Trump’s border wall’ COLLAPSE under the wrath of Hurricane Hanna | WATCH ‘Trump’s border wall’ COLLAPSE under the wrath of Hurricane Hanna |
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| A section of the US-Mexico border wall in South Texas has reportedly failed to withstand the power of nature, collapsing under the strong winds of Hurricane Hanna, and sending President Trump’s critics into overdrive. | A section of the US-Mexico border wall in South Texas has reportedly failed to withstand the power of nature, collapsing under the strong winds of Hurricane Hanna, and sending President Trump’s critics into overdrive. |
| “For the fury of nature, there are no borders,” wrote Yadith Valdez, who was among the first to share a viral video that allegedly shows a part of the border fence between the United States and Mexico going down. | “For the fury of nature, there are no borders,” wrote Yadith Valdez, who was among the first to share a viral video that allegedly shows a part of the border fence between the United States and Mexico going down. |
| While it was not immediately clear where the video was recorded, local media reports indicated the incident happened somewhere between Texas and northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas as the storm battered the region. | |
| The US President’s many critics rejoiced, seeing it as divine intervention and an omen of an imminent collapse of the Trump administration. | The US President’s many critics rejoiced, seeing it as divine intervention and an omen of an imminent collapse of the Trump administration. |
| Earlier this month, a privately built section of the border wall in South Texas was criticised for being located too close to the Rio Grande river and already showing signs of erosion just months after going up. | |
| Trump at the time distanced himself from that particular private initiative, even though his administration reportedly awarded the builder a $1.7 billion contract to construct more walls. | Trump at the time distanced himself from that particular private initiative, even though his administration reportedly awarded the builder a $1.7 billion contract to construct more walls. |
| “I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads… Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles,” Trump tweeted back on July 13. | “I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads… Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles,” Trump tweeted back on July 13. |
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