Trump didn’t build along this stretch of the border during his first term, but his crews are. Customs and border protection announced the milestone after awarding. Donald trump’s plan for a border wall along the southern border is facing fierce local opposition.
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President trump’s border wall needs a smooth, straight path, and there are mountains in the way. Homeland security secretary markwayne mullin said thursday the administration expects to complete a primary southern border wall stretching from the pacific ocean to the gulf of mexico. Border, which he once claimed mexico would.
The trump administration has awarded $8 billion in smart wall border barrier contracts as of december 2025.
So, dear reader, it’s not just logical but inevitable that donald trump’s border wall, a major story during his first administration, has essentially fallen out of the news. How much of it got built? Trump promised a “big, beautiful wall” stretching along the 1,954 miles of the southern u.s. And how effective has it been?
It is a perfect metaphor for trump’s presidency. A total of 438 miles (705 km) [2] of new primary barriers were built during donald trump's first presidency, dubbed the trump wall , though president trump had repeatedly promised a giant.
