Trump Border Wall Mexico Requirements Twitter Memes

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At this point pretty much everyone in the world has heard about the U.S.-Mexico border wall proposed by President Trump. After all, it was one of the central pieces of his presidential campaign, and it's now a priority of the current administration.

The goal of the wall is to curb illegal immigration from Mexico into the U.S. At the beginning, Trump insisted that it would be paid for by the Mexican government, but now it looks as if U.S. taxpayers will foot the estimated $21.6 billion bill. The Trump administration even included a $3.1 billion allocation in their proposed 2018 federal budget to Congress to make the first payment toward construction of the wall.

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There have been many questions about what the project will ultimately look like. And on Sunday, the White House decided to give us a taste, and released some of its requirements for the wall to Fox News. The list of demands is definitely...something.

Border wall requirements. pic.twitter.com/AFYG0s5pCS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 19, 2017

According to Fox's Pete Hegseth, the wall should have a height of 30 feet, be hard to climb or cut through, and it must look formidable from the Mexican side while also looking quite tasteful from the U.S. side. The Department of Homeland Security is already soliciting bids for construction of the project, and they're reportedly open to both concrete and non-concrete options.

Naturally, when the Fox News' chyron showing the requirements hit the web, Twitter users went crazy.

BORDER WALL REQUIREMENTS

30-foot high
looks good from US side
difficult to climb over
wall-like but larger
made out of strong wall stuff
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) March 19, 2017

Some of them created their own wish lists.

Border wall requirements:
• Really bigly
• Cool af stuff on US side
• Lame af stuff on Mexico side
• A moat with sharks
• Photon torpedoes pic.twitter.com/25lskgnyc2
— That Girl (@myonlymizztake) March 20, 2017

Border Wall Requirements:

•69 feet high
•Covered in glitter on US side
•Shoots lasers
•Has a moat with alligators
•Racist graffiti
•Yuuuge
— alaina mac (@palebirdy) March 19, 2017

- Made from old turtle shells
- NO SECRET PASSAGES
- Mexico side covered in old "Friends" posters
- Definitely not a hologram https://t.co/gBk2Elor8J
— Tom McAllister (@t_mcallister) March 19, 2017

Other people felt a bit bad for Mexico, if their side of the wall winds up being an eye sore.

How #Mexicans react when they see their side of the #borderwall bc ain't as pretty as the #USA side.#borderwallrequirements #mexicowall pic.twitter.com/7TP8oaI2id
— Feel it Tweet it!❤✋ (@LiZaisatweetie) March 20, 2017

Someone quickly calculated that 30 feet isn't actually that high. Like, there are ladders tall enough to climb that.

"BORDER WALL REQUIREMENTS:
30-Foot High Wall."

It took me a whole minute to find this 36 foot ladder ? pic.twitter.com/4RertHRcS0
— Mr Jim (@jimmidill) March 20, 2017

And at least one person said exactly what we've been thinking for the past two months: Is this real life?