President Trump announced that his administration is retrieving border wall materials the Biden administration sold at steeply discounted prices. Legal action and a settlement with the auction company involved will return the steel components to be installed along the southern border.
Speaking at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, President Trump accused President Biden of selling border wall parts “for pennies on the dollar,” citing prices as low as three or four cents on the dollar. Trump said, “We are taking that wall back… We’ll put it up.” He noted the administration is paying only a small amount to reclaim the materials, which had been left unused after Biden halted wall construction in early 2021.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is leading the legal effort, filing suit against the company that handled the sale. According to Trump, Bondi reached a settlement allowing the wall sections to be returned. The surplus auction firm GovPlanet, which facilitated the sales, agreed to expedite the materials’ return through existing contract arrangements, selling them back at cost to U.S. taxpayers.
The move follows a December court injunction secured by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The ruling blocked the Biden administration from auctioning off additional wall components before Trump took office, citing possible violations of prior court orders tied to border wall funding. Trump praised the decision as a “major, crucial win for America.”
The reclaimed materials are expected to be installed in high-traffic illegal entry zones, reinforcing Trump’s pledge to restore and expand the southern border wall. The administration views the recovery as both a fiscal and security measure—avoiding waste of taxpayer-funded assets while advancing its goal of securing the border.
