Trump’s Big Bend Border Project Paused After Bulldozers Arrive
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A major federal project pausing mid-bulldozer shows how fragile long-horizon infrastructure plans are to political and public pressure. If your roadmap depends on government land use or permitting, treat approvals as revocable and diversify sites and timelines accordingly.
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