Hundreds of Companies Raise Their Hands to Build Trump’s Border Wall
The early interest shows the enthusiasm for capitalizing on the president’s plan to build a “great, great” wall, which until recently he’d vowed to force Mexico to finance.
Trump: 'Great, Great Wall' on Southern Border to Be Built
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Congress hasn’t figured out how to pay for it yet, but more than 375 companies have told the Trump administration they’re interested in working on the controversial border-wall project.
Responses to what’s called a presolicitation notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website on Feb. 24 have poured in from potential vendors around the world. Among them: Swiss cement giant LafargeHolcim Ltd.; British construction company Balfour Beatty Plc; and General Dynamics Corp., a U.S. defense contractor that makes submarines and tanks.