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In the meeting at the White House today with Republican Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his latest idea for the border wall. According to 3 people with direct knowledge of the meeting, Trump floated the idea that the wall could be covered in solar panels and the electricity generated used to pay for the cost.

Trump said his vision was a wall 40 feet to 50 feet high and covered with solar panels so they'd be "beautiful structures," the people said. The President said that most walls you hear about are 14 feet or 15 feet tall but this would be nothing like those walls. Trump told the lawmakers they could talk about the solar-paneled wall as long as they said it was his idea. One person cautioned that the President wasn't presenting the solar-paneled wall as the definite solution.

 

[Hexa]

Put a hyperloop on it too. Juarez to Tijuana.

 

[FeenixRising]

That's not coal

 

[TS-08]

I can't think of a more beautiful sight than a 50 foot wall covered in solar panels.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Maybe he likes the look of solar panels?

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Bad hombres will steal the wall then. Right?

 

[PJV3]

50ft high, the man is a fucking loony.

 

[theaface]

A 50ft wall, covfefed in solar panels - what a tremendous thing it would be.

The President said that most walls you hear about are 14 feet or 15 feet tall

Great material for some observational comedy right there.

 

[crowphoenix]

That is not the worst idea I have ever heard. Impractical, but the wall would have some utility.

 

[Ithil]

I have a strange feeling he has no idea what he's talking about.

 

[mnannola]

Wait is solar good or bad? I thought coal was the future?

 

[Electric Eye]

Imagine having to sit through that and then having to humor the dumbass? I don't think I would be able to hold back my laughter.

 

[buttery fistful]

And we could tilt the panels to blind Mexicans trying to cross over! Brilliant!

 

[Travo]

Can't start liking renewable energy when it's convenient.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

He really wants to fuck that wall.

 

[Bedlam]

I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow he wanted to have a pyramid built in his honor. That mentally challenged mf'er...

 

[Gutek]

Why not make it coal powered so we can bring all those coal jobs back?

Win-Win! 2 promises kept.

 

[Izuna]

Not a bad idea on a bad idea. Hmm

 

[John Rabbit]

Trump floated the idea that the wall could be covered in solar panels and the electricity generated used to pay for the cost.

Wait.

Wait are you saying Mexico isn't going to pay for the wall?


Honestly I say do it. Seeing something that monumentally stupid covered in solar panels would be fantastic.

 

[zma1013]

Before entering the thread I honestly thought I was about to read a pitch for solar panels to power the wall.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

WHAT ABOUT CLOUDS?!

 

[mr2xxx]

Musk should of stayed on and sold his panel's /s.

 

[Zoidberg Jesus]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the glare be terrible?

Least of the problems with this, though.

 

[G0523]

The President said that most walls you hear about are 14 feet or 15 feet tall but this would be nothing like those walls. Trump told the lawmakers they could talk about the solar-paneled wall as long as they said it was his idea.

Yep, that sounds like how he talks. Completely and entirely.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Trump floated the idea that the wall could be covered in solar panels and the electricity generated used to pay for the cost.

But if it pays fot itself, what about Mexico? I bet they already started saving up, they're going to be really disappointed.

 

[Genryu]

So a 40 - 50 foot border wall covered in solar panels.

How much does 250 million - 320 million square feet of solar panels cost?

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

That's like my 8 year old self designing a car.

"It's gonna have solar panels and satellite dishes and fucking canons and its gonna seat 9 people."

 

[WhatNXt]

I wonder how much energy a 50ft wall running a country's entire border could generate?

They'll probably build it out of thick, shiny, crude, solidified hydrocarbons.

 

[fallengorn]

Trump told the lawmakers they could talk about the solar-paneled wall as long as they said it was his idea.

Ugh, typical.

 

[Brashnir]

In the northern hemisphere, the panels would have to face south, putting them on the Mexican side of the wall.

Something tells me they wouldn't last very long.

 

[Meadows]

You know what, we've reached peak 2016/17. It can't get any more insane. What the fuck is going on.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Literally a comic book villain

 

[Ms.Galaxy]

Trump, that wall will never be built. Just give up.

That said, it's not the worst idea, but it 's clearly a reaction to the negative attention he got after leaving the Paris Accord. Plus, a hundred solar farms would be cheaper and give us more energy then a 1000 mile wall with solar panels.

 

[Dude Abides]

You know, I'm starting to suspect that our President just may be kind of foolish.

 

[RustyNails]

And Mexico will pay for it

 

[j_k_redtail]

I mean, strictly speaking, it's better than a coal powered wall.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

For reference, here is a 50-ft wall to get a better image of what child cheeto is proposing:

Across the entire border. paid for by us.

 

[Pagusas]

Fair to assume the solar panels will all be made in China?

 

[Travo]

That's like my 8 year old self designing a car.

"It's gonna have solar panels and satellite dishes and fucking canons and its gonna seat 9 people."

 

[Ithil]

For reference, here is a 50-ft wall to get a better image of what child cheeto is proposing:


Across the entire border. paid for by us.

So that 25 billion estimate is out the window. Try 50 billion at least.

 

[dubc35]

And we could tilt the panels to blind Mexicans trying to cross over! Brilliant!

That's the funny thing, the panels would have to be on the south side, so would there be a fence and then the wall? Otherwise those panels are getting painted and generally beat to fuck on a constant basis.

 

[Cat Party]

I need to see some mock ups, Lmao

 

[LaneDS]

That's like my 8 year old self designing a car.

"It's gonna have solar panels and satellite dishes and fucking canons and its gonna seat 9 people."

Can we get this but also have it be fifty feet tall? Asking for someone.

 

[cromofo]

Clean energy AND keep the mexicans out?

Maybe blind them too?

 

[Beardz]

"Guys... list..guys listen... what if... listen guys... what if the wall is made of... ice cream?! Everybody likes ice cream, right?!"

 

[HStallion]

Trump plays Mirror Wall!

 

[Imperfected]

You can link to my wall OC on your Congressional Deviant Art accounts as long as you tell people it was my idea.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

This would cost trillions of dollars at least.

 

[Patryn]

As a person who just got solar panels on my roof, holy shit would this be expensive. Especially since you'd have to factor in all the lines connecting it to a grid or, even worse, batteries.

The up-front cost would be massive. Also, a wall doesn't really face, you know, UP, which is where the majority of sunlight is. There's also a question about direction and whether the wall would be facing the optimal direction to actually generate significant energy.

 

[rhandino]

That's the funny thing, the panels would have to be on the south side, so would there be a fence and then the wall? Otherwise those panels are getting painted and generally beat to fuck on a constant basis.

A wall to keep those bad hombres away from THE WALL.

Brilliant!