LafargeHolcim – parent company of Aggregate Industries – showed what sort of company it was back in 2017, eagerly telling the world it was ready to help build Trump’s wall:
The backlash was swift, with warnings from the French government, and a lost contract in Paris. The French Foreign Minister delivered a public repudiation:
"It (Lafarge) should reflect upon what its interests are. There are other clients who will be stunned by this. Lafarge says it doesn’t do politics...Very well, but I would say companies ... also have social and environmental responsibilities."
The Paris Mayor deputy said the decision to drop the Lafarge contract was in keeping with:
"the ethical commitments that Parisians can expect from the city".
We posted that this is the company looking to profit from Straitgate Farm, with subsequent posts here and here.
It was another PR disaster for LafargeHolcim, more so given it was unlikely the company ever benefited from the wall:
Trump originally vowed to build a strong concrete wall with ‘see-through’ sections, and toured a site filled with prototypes in 2018. But he later settled on repairing and extending the existing barrier using identical steel slats to those already in place.
Now, President-elect Joe Biden says he will halt construction of Trump’s wall:
The incoming President says he will no longer fund Donald Trump's flagship election policy. https://t.co/7BjId6nUq6
— Metro (@MetroUK) November 13, 2020
Biden says he will not tear down the 400 miles of barrier already built, but added that no further funding will be granted to the project, which was President Trump’s flagship policy.
Live look at Trump’s impenetrable border wall...pic.twitter.com/J6d9vkIXOQ
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 12, 2020
