Trump administration just realized border wall would block access to the Rio Grande for the USA

Turns out Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke just realized you can't build a border wall along the US border because if you do, the US loses access to the Rio Grande.

This is what Zinke said today at a meeting with the Public Lands Council:

"The border is complicated, as far as building a physical wall. The Rio Grande, what side of the river are you going to put the wall? We're not going to put it on our side and cede the river to Mexico. And we're probably not going to put it in the middle of the river."

So... is Zinke suggesting the US should build the border wall... in Mexico?

Right, like Mexico is going to agree to that.

Oh, and by the way: The Rio Grande runs along over HALF of the US-Mexico border. So there's NO WAY Trump can build a wall (assuming he actually had the money to do it) without giving the river to Mexico.

That river, by the way, is used by American farmers for irrigation of their farm lands. So a border wall would mean affecting American farmers along the border.

So there goes another one of Trump's "great" ideas.