Trump just got one gift that reversed Joe Biden’s biggest border betrayal

The 46th President thought he scored a victory by auctioning off unused border materials for pennies on the dollar.

But Trump just got one gift that reversed Joe Biden’s biggest border betrayal.

Auction house coordinates with Trump to return border wall materials

The global auction house that sold unused Trump border wall components under the Biden administration just announced a stunning reversal.

GovPlanet – the government surplus auction clearinghouse that had been selling off the materials – told Fox News Digital that it reached an agreement with Trump’s administration to return the border wall components to the federal government.

“GovPlanet has reached an agreement, working with the Office of the Border Czar, to return border wall materials that were previously deemed surplus and sourced by the federal government to GovPlanet via existing contracts,” the company announced.¹

The materials, originally valued between $260 million and $350 million, will be transferred back to the federal government at cost over the next 90 days through a third-party construction contractor.

This represents a complete reversal of Biden’s vindictive policy that saw taxpayer-funded border wall materials sold off for a fraction of their value.

GovPlanet officials said they were “pleased to work with the administration to return the materials” and “protect the millions of dollars that U.S. taxpayers had already invested in this initiative.”

The auction house stressed they’re working quickly to transfer the materials to support Trump’s border security agenda.

Biden’s petty revenge against Trump’s border success

The chain of events leading to this reversal began with one of Biden’s first acts as President.

In January 2021, Biden signed an executive order halting all border wall construction. Biden argued in the order that constructing a wall across the entire southern border wasn’t a serious policy approach.²

Biden’s order set in motion a wasteful saga that saw hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded materials sitting unused in the New Mexico and Arizona deserts.

Republican Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) revealed taxpayer money was being spent by the Pentagon to guard the materials as they sat unused in the New Mexico desert.

Fischer’s 2023 release cited a daily cost of $130,000 for the storage and security of the panels in New Mexico and Arizona.³

A provision in the annual 2024 National Defense Authorization Act required the Pentagon to submit a plan for transfer or sale of the materials.

About 60% of the components went to southwestern states like Texas and California, along with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

But tens of thousands of bollards, panels, and other structural components ended up being auctioned through GovPlanet.

Taxpayers got fleeced under Biden’s fire sale

The scope of Biden’s wasteful fire sale became clear as the auctions progressed.

Screenshots from ABC-15 Phoenix’s website showed 33-foot by 8-foot steel wall panels being sold for $1 apiece in sets of five.

In one example reported by the New York Post, buyers paid $154,200 for 729 “hollow beams” – a fraction of their actual value.⁴

Senator Ernst criticized the Biden administration for selling materials purchased with taxpayer funds for far below their actual worth.

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick managed to purchase about $12 million worth of materials from the auctions for his state’s own border security efforts.

But the vast majority of the materials were being snapped up by private buyers who could resell them at massive profits.

By that time, buyers had paid a total of only $498,000 for materials that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions to produce, according to Newsweek citing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.⁵

Texas fought back against Biden’s border betrayal

The auctions finally came to a halt in December when Texas took legal action.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham argued in court that the Biden administration was ignoring prior court orders by continuing to sell off the components.

In a December 27 ruling, Texas federal Judge Drew Tipton barred the selling of wall materials for 30 days, according to Law & Crime.

The outlet reported that Tipton asked the Biden administration to explain whether it violated a prior ruling in Texas’ favor that required certain funds be spent on border wall construction.⁶

Texas had claimed Biden’s auctions were netting buyers wall components at a rate that would have added up to about a half-mile per day, if constructed as Trump originally intended.

The 30-day moratorium expired in January, but little movement occurred on the sales until this week’s announcement.

Trump administration gets materials back where they belong

GovPlanet’s announcement represents a major victory for border security and fiscal responsibility.

Several reports indicated the federal government no longer owned the border wall components, and that GovPlanet/RBGlobal legally possessed them – making this voluntary return even more significant.

Border Patrol union official Art del Cueto told ABC-15 that the recovered materials are still usable for construction.

Del Cueto explained the materials could be deployed for immediate border wall construction with proper foundation work.⁷

This saves taxpayers from having to purchase entirely new materials for Trump’s expanded border wall construction.

Del Cueto noted the original Biden policy would have forced the new administration to spend additional taxpayer money on materials that were already purchased and paid for.

A White House official told Fox News Digital that the Trump administration is “grateful for all third parties who are interested in helping keep America’s borders safe and secure.”

Biden’s open border legacy crumbles piece by piece

This reversal represents yet another repudiation of Biden’s open border agenda.

The 46th President spent four years systematically dismantling every effective border security measure Trump had implemented.

Biden halted wall construction, ended the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and opened the floodgates to illegal immigration that saw record-breaking crossings month after month.

Now Trump is methodically reversing each of Biden’s destructive policies while recovering the materials Biden tried to waste out of spite.

The return of these border wall components sends a clear message that Trump’s America First agenda is back in full force.

Biden’s petty attempt to permanently sabotage border security by selling off the materials has been completely thwarted.

Instead of forcing taxpayers to pay twice for the same border security infrastructure, Trump’s team secured the return of materials already paid for by the American people.

This represents exactly the kind of common-sense governance and fiscal responsibility that voters demanded when they handed Trump a landslide victory over Kamala Harris.

The border wall materials are heading back where they belong – protecting America’s southern border instead of gathering dust in some private buyer’s warehouse.

¹ Charles Creitz, “Trump border wall materials sold by Biden may soon find their way back to the feds, auctioneer claims,” Fox News, August 10, 2025.

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