Trump Mocked After Border Wall Reportedly Collapses (+Video)

While its authenticity has been questioned, the clip sent President Trump’s critics into overdrive.

A viral video purportedly showing a partial collapse of the border fence between the United States and Mexico was widely shared online on Sunday. While it was not immediately clear where it was recorded and which segment of the fence was affected, several local journalists and media reports indicated the incident happened somewhere between Texas and northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas as the storm battered the region.

One of the original posters, Yadith Valdez, whose 39-second clip got thousands of shares and ironic responses, deleted her tweet without explanation, but many verified users shared a longer 59-second version, RT repored.

The authenticity of the footage raised many questions, with some noting that the terrain did not look like the lower Rio Grande Valley, and speculating that the incident might have happened elsewhere or at a different date. A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, Roderick Kise, told the Caller Times that he had doubts the footage was from South Texas, but was checking with authorities in Washington.

Nevertheless, the US President’s numerous critics rejoiced, sharing the clip and mocking the alleged incident as a divine intervention and an omen of an imminent collapse of the Trump administration.

Earlier this month, a privately built section of the border wall in South Texas was criticised for being located too close to the Rio Grande river and already showing signs of erosion just months after going up.

Trump at the time distanced himself from that particular private initiative, even though his administration reportedly awarded the builder a $1.7 billion contract to construct more walls.