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Tijuanans offer their own armchair analyses of Trump's border wall prototypes

TIJUANA, Mexico - After weeks of testing, the eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" wall will share center stage on Tuesday with Trump during his first presidential visit to California.

As Trump inspects the prototypes and poses for photo-ops along the border east of San Diego, he'll be just yards away from a Tijuana slum where people have formulated their own ideas about them.

The 30-foot structures - built with varying mixes of concrete and steel tubes - draw residents, tourists and even Tijuana police officers who pose for selfies in

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