{"id":26,"date":"2025-07-02T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/?p=26"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:21:33","slug":"trump-orders-border-wall-raised-by-two-meters-citing-stronger-message-to-deter-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/2025\/07\/trump-orders-border-wall-raised-by-two-meters-citing-stronger-message-to-deter-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders Border Wall Raised by Two Meters, Citing \u201cStronger Message\u201d to Deter Crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-1.png 1021w, https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_1-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong> During a press conference at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to increase the height of the U.S.-Mexico border wall by an additional two meters, calling the move &#8220;a powerful upgrade.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump emphasized the wall\u2019s role in national security and said the extension would further \u201ccement America\u2019s strength at the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve built a great wall \u2014 people said it couldn\u2019t be done. But I\u2019ve decided it needs to be two meters taller,\u201d the president said. \u201cThis sends a clear message: the United States is serious about protecting its territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump did not provide details about the funding or timeline, but reiterated that the project would be completed \u201cahead of schedule and under budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mexican officials have not yet issued a response to the announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 During a press conference at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to increase the height of the U.S.-Mexico border wall by an additional two meters, calling the move &#8220;a powerful upgrade.&#8221; Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump emphasized the wall\u2019s role in national security and said the extension would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}