Kristi Noem Paints Border Wall a Very Special

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has confirmed to be many issues since she took on the job—robust, unafraid, and decided to help guarantee her boss Donald Trump’s imaginative and prescient. I’m not sure anybody had talked about her skills as a painter, however.

But there she was Tuesday, portray the border wall like a professional. She’s masking it in a very particular coloration – or non-color, technically—at the request of the president. Trump needs to paint it black:

🚨 LMAO! Democrats are at present dropping their minds over President Trump and Kristi Noem portray the southern border wall BLACK to let it get tremendous scorching from the solar.

It’s being performed so the criminals would burn their arms to the contact if they even tried.

Genius transfer. 🔥🤣 pic.twitter.com/U0zGOuW6lm

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 19, 2025

Why black? Well if you’ve ever worn a black shirt on a scorching day, or sat in a black car in the baking solar, you may know the reply:

Speaking in entrance of a portion of the southern border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Noem explained that the wall could be painted totally black for the twin functions of making it heat up more and thus tougher to climb, as effectively as rising the lifespan of the steel.

Noem said the new paintwork comes at the request of President Donald Trump.

Although the wall is already tall, she explained, portray it in this method will make it even more troublesome to go:

“If you look at the structure that’s behind me, it’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black,” said Noem.

Watch:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the complete southern border wall shall be painted black, so it’ll get scorching in the solar and “make it even harder for people to climb.”

“That is specifically at the request of the president.” https://t.co/fDAt90dmk6 pic.twitter.com/rZZZhZ3SVx

— ABC News (@ABC) August 19, 2025

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Noem continued, saying that the operation was conceived by Trump, who as a contractor is aware of full effectively about issues like paint:

“That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer, and it will make it even harder for people to climb,” she added.

“So, we are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally, to not break our federal laws, but that they will abide and come to our country the right way so that they can stay and have the opportunity to become United States citizens and pursue the American dream.”

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Like nearly all the pieces the president does, this one is sort of absolutely going to drive liberals (even more) insane. As my buddy Ward Clark likes to say, “this seems appropriate”:

Thanks to President Trump, unlawful immigration into our great nation has just about stopped. Despite the novel left’s lies, new laws wasn’t needed to secure our border, just a new president.

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