Trump praises Noem for making border wall ‘untouchable’ with new upgrade

President Donald Trump praised DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for moving to paint the entire southern border wall black, saying it will increase the wall’s effectiveness, making it "untouchable" for would-be illegal immigrants.

Speaking to the press in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump said, "I didn't know she was listening" when he suggested the wall should be black.

"So, I turn on last night and I see Kristi is painting the wall and it looked beautiful, by the way, when that paint went on, it's beautiful," he said, adding, "It's hot, if it's white, it’s not hot. If it's black, it's going to be very hard to climb that sucker."

The president also touted the wall’s quality, saying, "I built the same wall that the Border Patrol asked me to build," consi...