‘It’s almost a criminal act’

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday demanded that President Biden stop his administration from selling parts of the southern border wall, blaming the retired commander-in-chief for his “almost criminal act.”

“I am asking Joe Biden today to please stop selling the wall. We’re going to use it to create a stronger barrier,” Trump said during remarks to the press at Mar-a-Lago.

“It’s very expensive, and now it’s worth almost double what it was six years ago, and the administration is trying to sell it for five cents on the dollar, knowing that we’re getting ready to put it down,” Trump moved forward.

Biden administration Selling unused parts of the southern border wallVideo footage shows trucks carrying slabs of border wall south of Tucson, Ariz., to a site where many migrants have entered illegally, the Daily Wire reported last week.

“They’re taking it through three stations: Nogales, Tucson and Three Points,” a Border Patrol agent told the outlet. “The goal is to get it out of the range before Christmas.”

Parts of the wall are also apparently being sold on GovPlanet, an online auction house specializing in military surplus, with bids starting at just $5. The Post had earlier reported that border parts have been auctioned It’s been happening since at least April.

“They know we’re going to have to use it, and if we don’t have it, we have to rebuild it, and it’s going to cost double what it cost years ago, and that’s hundreds of millions of dollars,” Trump said. Said to be a worrying step.

The incoming president criticized the Biden administration for not participating in a “smooth transition” with such an unprecedented move and vowed, “We cannot let this happen.”

“I talked to the Texas Attorney General (Ken Paxton), I talked to Texas senators. I talked to a lot of people, and hopefully they’ll be able to stop it,” he said, noting that they would mandate “restraining orders.”

“It’s just people who don’t want this country to succeed, and it has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. It’s about common sense,” Trump added. “We won based on common sense, and this is probably one of the most egregious examples I have seen.”

Biden issued an executive order to halt construction of the border wall in his first days in office — but he later changed his tune and waived the environmental review. Build Sections in Texas,

“If that’s true, they are deliberately trying to upset the incoming president,” Representative Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) told The Daily Wire. , this would not be shocking. Why would they want to see President Trump succeed at the policies he has so aggressively failed to implement?

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.