TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The United States is now planning to install a steel barrier instead of a concrete wall along its border with Mexico, President Donald Trump said on Sunday indicating his administration and the opposition Democratic party are closer to resolving their difference on the issue, which has led to a partial government shutdown for a fortnight now.
“We are now planning a steel barrier rather than concrete (wall). It is both stronger and less obtrusive. Good solution, and made in the USA,” Trump said. The presidential comment came soon after US vice president Mike Pence held a meeting with representatives of the top Democratic Congressional leaders — House speaker Nancy Pelosi and senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.
Trump described it as productive meeting. “VP Mike Pence and group had a productive meeting with the Schumer and Pelosi representatives today. Many details of border security were discussed,” he said. “We’ve been in touch with a lot of people, and I informed my folks to say that we’ll build a steel barrier. Steel. It’ll be made out of steel. It’ll be less obtrusive, and it’ll be stronger. But it’ll be less obtrusive, stronger, and we’re able to use our great companies to make it, by using steel,” Trump told reporters at the White House on his return from Camp David. “So we’re going to be doing a steel barrier, and that gives us great strength at the border,” he said.