Elon Musk Completes Border Wall Himself Since It Was Going To Cost More Than $40

MEXICO - In a shocking twist on public infrastructure, billionaire Elon Musk has taken matters into his own hands, literally building his own border wall with surplus materials from the Boring Company. This all-star DIY project was prompted by the realization that the government never got around to finishing it—and that their billion-dollar estimate seemed a tad excessive.

"Honestly, I just couldn't wrap my head around how the government claimed it would cost $10 billion. Like, wow!" Musk exclaimed, adjusting a newly-installed steel panel. "This is pretty easy to do! I snatched up some chain-link fencing from Chick-Fil-A, and Teslas are ferrying it across the desert for free!"

Instead of utilizing heavy machinery, Musk opted for a more hands-on approach. He ripped open a panel of fencing, commandeered a small auger from SpaceX, and began drilling the post holes himself. "It only took me a few minutes because let's be real, the drilling wasn't exactly 'stellar,'" he quipped, noting that the entire fencing project cost him less than $40.

"I could literally build the entire 2,000-mile border wall myself with just a few billion dollars and a robot that augers cement holes on command!" Musk declared, using a prototype AI tool from Twitter to calculate the costs. Meanwhile, he welcomed his eight children to lend a hand in this ambitious endeavour. "I just can't believe our government spends trillions of dollars every year, and the border wall is still just chicken wire and a tinfoil pie tin? Wow!"

At publishing time, Musk was spotted laying a roof on the border wall using basic aluminum sheets salvaged from battery testing at Tesla. Reports from the Boring Company revealed that the $6 spent on aluminum was a mere fraction of their usual expense for testing—proving once again that Musk is determined to save a buck, even while building a barrier.