claimed that a defective section of border wall was to make him “look bad”?

Trump made the claim after a segment of wall on the US-Mexico border began showing severe “signs of erosion“ months after being completed. Fisher Industries of North Dakota, which built the segment for $42 million, referred to the design a “Lamborghini.”

The same company won an additional $300 million contract in August, 2020, in addition to $1.5 billion in contracts it previously had.

Other segments of the wall had previously collapsed from strong winds.

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