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Did President Trump Scrap Plans for a Border Wall in Favor of a Dome?

Initial estimates put the cost of our new dome in the area of seven-and-a-half quintillion dollars.

Published May 6, 2018

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Claim:
President Trump has scrapped plans for constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in favor of a proposal for a dome.

On 6 May 2018, the web site Daily World Update published an article reporting that President Trump had scrapped plans for constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in favor of a proposal for a dome:

With Democrats running around whining about using our hard-earned tax money for “realistic” things instead of a big beautiful wall to protect us from the threateningly dusky, our President has just doubled-down like a magnificent Blackjack player. Now will come: The Dome.

None of this was true. This report was a fabricated story that originated solely with Daily World Update, a site that is part of a fake news network which engages in political trolling under the guise of offering "satire."

The site's disclaimer notes that "Everything on this website is fiction."

Sources

Gunnington, Fallis.   "Trump Scraps Wall: Proposes Dome!"     Daily World Update.   4 May 2018.

David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994.

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