Trump order to paint border wall black could drive up cost $500 million or more

washingtonpost.com – By Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey – President Trump is once more pushing to have his border wall painted black, a design change that is projected to add at least $500 million in costs, according to government contracting estimates obtained by The Washington Post.

The president’s determination to have the steel bollards coated in black has fluctuated during the past several years, and military commanders and border officials believed as recently as last fall that they had finally talked him out of it.

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