The wall

We can hire Italians then. Once the work is completed they stay even it means we black bag their families.

google.com/search?q=italian marble quarry&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7-eeWuqTQAhUI6oMKHdYzD7oQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=930

What about Indiana limestone, like the Washington Monument?

There might not be enough marble in the world available right now to complete such a project.

However, you can make concrete that looks similar to marble. Unless you've really worked with concrete, you wouldn't know the amazing shit you can do with it.

If I were Trump, trying to build something and make a statement, I would use concrete with dyes and recycled glass to make something unique, structurally sound and different.
He would be making it from concrete cast like the Israeli wall for cost reasons, but he could really jazz it up and make it look great, unlike Israel's wall.
There's stampwork, too, that doesn't cost a lot but would make the wall very aesthetically pleasing.
Pic related is concrete and recycled glass.

Why not rammed earth?

Looks like my shit after I eat something with corn. Seriously why yellow.

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Why bother building a wall when its cheaper and more effective to use landmines?

Landmines are maintenance-free, can last over 50 years and you can jump across a minefield like you can jump over a wall

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He's going to use the concrete prefab cast stuff just because it's so cheap.
I'd want it out of something expensive, but the reality of constructing this wall is going to be the cost.
Basically, they'll be pouring concrete into molds, getting it dry and that will be a panel of wall construction. Repeat until wall is complete.
Knowing how a builder thinks, I guarantee this will be how it's put up due to budget.

But like I said, there's a lot you can do with the concrete itself. Mixing in dyes and recycled material and stamping will make it look pretty much any way you'd like it to look. And it won't cost much to do. It may even save money if he uses recycled glass instead of gravel and it shows a commitment to the environment and he can pretend it's eco friendly from recyclable material.
In a dream world, I'd have it made from solid marble, but for real. It'll be cast concrete panels.

I meant you can't jump over a minefield

Anyway, I got trips

That's wrong faggot, there are actually two Chinese walls.
The only one that was built before the mongols invaded China, way back, it was essentially a series of earthern mounds and palisades.
The new one which was built by the Ming dynasty after the mongols tried to conquer China a second time, the new world was built on top of the old one, and is the actual wall you know today. It was built under a single dynasty, under a much shorter timeframe. Granted the economic preasure from such a huge project was one of the things that led to the dynasty's downfall, but we have modern tech now, and guess who that economic preasure is landing on. Say it with me. MEXICO.

Checked. That part does look shitty, but the black/glass looks nice. Don't forget, you can get concrete to dry as smooth as glass if you want. It even has a gloss on it if you dry it correctly.

get the fuck out of here, the shit was started in fucking BC. you know we have come up with ways to build things faster in the last 2000 years

3D printed walls using recycled buildings and shit.

Isn't there a Roman concrete that was recently discovered that lasts longer than any other kind of concrete in the world? Even with Salt water smashing into it 24/7?

Roman concrete that lasts thousands of years stopping salty tears.
Meme it.

I never worked with concrete, but I'm sure you can make it look similar to marble.

I never said it has to be marble, just has to inspire that old Greek aesthetic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller-compacted_concrete

This is the way we should do it.

Something like in video related.

Start of video and about 1 minute in

Oh that can definitely be achieved. Quite simply, too. He could make it look like Greek marble for a very low cost. Knowing Trump, why wouldn't you?

Does anyone know who Trump's favorite architects are?

I'm thinking Trump will do something more grandiose than that, this is his chance to create a new American monument that might as well have his name on it.

The recipe was lost to history. >He's going to use the concrete prefab cast stuff just because it's so cheap.

It should be rolled,not cast. We could build a 200ft tall wall. the soil beneath it would be too compact for the cartels to dig.

It's from a movie called Monsters from like '06 or so.
Decent flick.

wallspo thread?

Rolling sounds like a less expensive process tbh fam.
I hope he gets to build it from his choice of materials and construction, but I just want spics to stay in Mexico. Whatever the wall is built from, as long as it does the job is fine with me.

What if the wall had billions of gallons of water flowing over it?

So mexicans can get free water?

Have you forgotten that tech has progressed a bit since the Chinese built their wall?

I don't think you get how this whole wall thing works, obviously the Mexicans have to pay for the water, whether they want it or not.

I guess the new walls took less.

Also, the Great Wall can't be seen from space. That's a myth: astronauts used to mistake a river with the wall (Yangthze, I believe).

There are, though, man-made structures that can be seen from space, depending from your point of view.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-made_structures_visible_from_space

lmao ever heard of the american highway system?

Granite is another quality material native to the US in large quantities. An added benefit: it doesn't dissolve in acid like marble does. A cladding over a reinforced concrete interior keeps the elements out of the concrete and pretties it up

why people think its going to be JUST a wall