Donald Trump is taking his beautiful border wall to Colorado, for some reason.
The US president declared that he intends to build a wall in Colorado whilst speaking about border wall progress on Wednesday in Pittsburgh at the Shale Insight Conference.
Trump said: “And we’re building a wall on the border of New Mexico and we’re building a wall in Colorado, we’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works that you can’t get over, you can’t get under and we’re building a wall in Texas."
We’re not building a wall in Kansas but they get the benefit of the walls we just mentioned.
For reference, here is a map of the US, and this is where we have Colorado and Mexico:
As you can see, they do not share a border.
Make it make sense
Upon hearing that the US president intends to build a wall in America proper, many in the crowd began to cheer.
CNN’s Daniel Dale attempted to clarify what he meant: “Trump was listing actual-border states in which he said he is building the wall (he has not added any miles where barriers didn’t exist before).”
However Colorado isn’t a border state. We’re not sure what’s going on, and neither are people online
TRUMP: "We're building a wall in Colorado. We're building a beautiful wall. A big one that really works." 😳 https://t.co/tVgO95VIdW— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1571864252
@ddale8 Word salad with no-clue dressing.— MadLizzy🌵🌊 (@MadLizzy🌵🌊) 1571874890
@ddale8 "And Louisiana's incredible". What. The. Fuck.— Office of the Former Yearbook Editor Joon Skeezle (@Office of the Former Yearbook Editor Joon Skeezle) 1571866724
There were geographical considerations...
@RobAnderson2018 @ddale8 How... How do you build a wall around a state with a coastline?— Brian Sparrow (@Brian Sparrow) 1571871946
Others wondered why some members of the audience cheered
@ddale8 ...and the Trumpers cheered. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡— J Schear (@J Schear) 1571879398
CNN's Don Lemon was incoherent with laughter following Trump's statement
Don Lemon lost his shit over Trump's Colorado gaffe and I'm pretty sure we're best friends now https://t.co/1EpuRThMaB— Brett Gering (@Brett Gering) 1571884900
There's are memes
@BrettGering This meme is happening lol 😂 https://t.co/HbbOLPV57p— ✨Belle-Moi✨ (@✨Belle-Moi✨) 1571891100
@ddale8 Colorado Wall - New Mexico will pay for it! https://t.co/8uMinWOZ14— 𓆈 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚠 (@𓆈 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚠) 1571864645
@ddale8 Soon.... https://t.co/gifWnTJWnA— Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@Noble Prize in Sarcasm) 1571866650
Eventually Trump took to Twitter in an awkward attempt to pretend it was a joke and not a mistake to clarify that he was 'kidding'
People didn't buy it.
@realDonaldTrump They laughed at you, Donald. https://t.co/rLGToZFo2b— mollyswordmcdonough 🌊 (@mollyswordmcdonough 🌊) 1571892809
Riiight.
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