Trump's steel 'wall' was SAWED IN HALF by a 'common tool' during testing - and Homeland Security covered up the breach in public documents
Homeland Security conducted tests on eight wall prototypes
One constructed out of steel bollards proved susceptible to sawing
A newly-revealed photo shows how military and border police cut through it
President Trump has moved away from concrete construction to steel slats
His demand for $5.7 billion for wall funding is at the center of government shutdown now on its 20th day
President responded to the sawing report Thursday
Potential border crossers who encounter a new steel prototype of President Trump's wall may be able to ditch their shovels as long as they have a good circular saw.
The new wall prototype consisting of steel bollards didn't hold up when members of the military and border police went at it with 'common' tools as part of a test.
Those test results have already been revealed, but NBC news published photo evidence that showed just how effective the tools were in slicing through it.
President Donald Trump responded saying that every wall can be penetrated in some fashion – although during the campaign he called for construction of an impenetrable wall.
There's nothing that can't be penetrated, but you can fix it. It's a very difficult thing to do, But that's a wall, and they have other walls. We have many walls under consideration,' he said, when asked about it by DailyMail.com on his way to visit the border Thursday.
'Even concrete, there's acid that can eat through concrete,' he said.
The newly-revealed image shows a large gap cut into the wall – and reveals a way potential entrants could make way for movement of either people or smuggled goods even if congressional Democrats did give in to Trump's demand for $5.7 billion for wall construction in order to reopen shuttered parts of the government.
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