Building supplies and construction equipment sit along a section of state border wall outside of Del Rio in August 2024. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took to X on ...

The unused border wall supplies were auctioned through an online government surplus marketplace and included steel bollards.

An auction slated for Dec. 18, through Dec. 20, did not list any of those materials. Trump denounced the sale of unused construction supplies in a Monday news conference. "I'm asking today ...