PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday referred to as on the Biden administration to cease promoting off unused parts of border wall that have been bought however not put in throughout his first administration.
Talking at his Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida, Trump threatened authorized motion, saying he has spoken to Texas Lawyer Normal Ken Paxton and different Texas officers a few potential restraining order.
“We’re going to spend lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} extra on constructing the identical wall we have already got,” Trump mentioned. “It’s virtually a legal act.”
Congress final yr required the Biden administration to get rid of the unused border wall items. The measure, included within the huge Nationwide Protection Authorization Act, permits for the sale or donation of the gadgets to states on the southern border, offering they’re used to refurbish present limitations, not set up new ones. Congress additionally directed the Pentagon to account for storage prices for the border wall materials whereas it has gone unused.
“I’m asking immediately, Joe Biden, to please cease promoting the wall,” Trump mentioned.
Whereas Trump described the handover between Biden and his incoming group as “a pleasant transition,” he additionally took situation with efforts to permit some members of the federal workforce to proceed working from house. Trump mentioned that if authorities staff don’t come again into the workplace underneath him, they are going to be dismissed.
Trump was joined on the look by SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, who introduced that the Japanese company is planning to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years.
It was a win for Trump, who has used the weeks because the election to advertise his insurance policies, negotiate with overseas leaders and attempt to strike offers.
In a submit on his Fact Social website final week, Trump had mentioned that anybody making a $1 billion funding in the US “will obtain totally expedited approvals and permits, together with, however on no account restricted to, all Environmental approvals.”
“GET READY TO ROCK!!!” he wrote.
Offers introduced with a lot fanfare have generally didn’t ship on promised investments. However the announcement nonetheless represents a significant win for Trump, who has boasted that he has finished extra in his quick transition interval than his predecessor did in all 4 years.
“There’s an entire mild over all the world,” he mentioned Monday. “There’s a lightweight shining over the world.”
___ Colvin reported from New York. Related Press author Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report.
