Even Rick Perry knows Donald Trump's border wall is basically impossible

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) conceded that Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border is not possible.
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As much as former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) may support Donald Trump, even he has to admit it's unlikely the presumptive GOP nominee's plan for a U.S.-Mexico border wall will ever become a reality. "There are some that hear this is going to be 1,200 miles from Brownsville to El Paso, 30 feet high. And listen, I know you can't do that," Perry told Snapchat's Peter Hamby in an interview. Perry also agreed with Hamby's assessment that the wall is "not going to happen."

But even if a wall funded by Mexico isn't looking so likely, Perry suggested that Trump could still build a wall of sorts, one that was "technological" or "digital," though he did not clarify exactly what he envisioned.

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