Fucking SAHARA !!!!!!!!!
Problem with migrants? Build a wall through the Sahara, Trump 'tells Spain'
Yep, the US president ..... wants a yuge biggly wall in the Sahara ...
Problem with migrants? Build a wall through the Sahara, Trump 'tells Spain'
Donald Trump suggested that Spain could limit the flow of African migrants entering its country illegally by building a wall across the Sahara desert, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.
Josep Borrell discussed the US president’s comment, which mirrors his prominent campaign promise to erect a “big, beautiful wall” along America’s border with Mexico, during an event in Madrid this week.
Mr Trump is thought to have made the remark to Mr Borrell when he visited the White House alongside Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia in June.
This year Spain has overtaken Italy and Greece to become the number one point of entry for migrants coming to Europe by sea from Africa.
Mr Borrell reportedly told a lunch gathering this week: "Closing ports is not a solution, and neither is building a wall along the Sahara like President Trump suggested to me recently.”
He quoted Mr Trump as saying “just build a wall that borders the Sahara”. Mr Borrell responded: "But do you know how big the Sahara is?”
The US president reportedly brushed away the scepticism, saying that “the Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico”.
The US-Mexico border is roughly 2,000 miles long. The Sahara desert stretches almost 3,000 miles from East to West at its longest point.
Spain holds just two small overseas territories in north Africa - Ceuta and Melilla – meaning that such a wall would have to be built on foreign territory.
In total the desert stretches over parts of 11 different countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia.
A Spanish foreign ministry spokesman confirmed to the Guardian that Mr Borrell’s remarks, widely reported in the Spanish media, had been made but declined to comment further.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...y-tells-spain/
Josep Borrell discussed the US president’s comment, which mirrors his prominent campaign promise to erect a “big, beautiful wall” along America’s border with Mexico, during an event in Madrid this week.
Mr Trump is thought to have made the remark to Mr Borrell when he visited the White House alongside Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia in June.
This year Spain has overtaken Italy and Greece to become the number one point of entry for migrants coming to Europe by sea from Africa.
Mr Borrell reportedly told a lunch gathering this week: "Closing ports is not a solution, and neither is building a wall along the Sahara like President Trump suggested to me recently.”
He quoted Mr Trump as saying “just build a wall that borders the Sahara”. Mr Borrell responded: "But do you know how big the Sahara is?”
The US president reportedly brushed away the scepticism, saying that “the Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico”.
The US-Mexico border is roughly 2,000 miles long. The Sahara desert stretches almost 3,000 miles from East to West at its longest point.
Spain holds just two small overseas territories in north Africa - Ceuta and Melilla – meaning that such a wall would have to be built on foreign territory.
In total the desert stretches over parts of 11 different countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia.
A Spanish foreign ministry spokesman confirmed to the Guardian that Mr Borrell’s remarks, widely reported in the Spanish media, had been made but declined to comment further.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...y-tells-spain/
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