The stunt was carried out by Berlin-based pro-democracy nonprofit group Die Offene Gesellschaft.
A group in Berlin has sent Donald Trump a piece of the barrier that divided East and West for nearly three decades as a dig at the president's southern U.S. border plans.
A 2.7-tonne section of the Berlin Wall is being delivered to the White House as part of"The Wall Against Walls" initiative by the Berlin-based pro-democracy nonprofit groupSigned by"Citizens of Berlin," the wall bears the message:"We would like to give you one of the last pieces of the failed Berlin Wall to commemorate the United States' dedication to building a world without walls.
"Germany is united again and in Berlin only a few scattered pieces remind us that no wall lasts forever," the message painted on the slab reads. Guests place flowers at the Wall Memorial for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 2019 at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. A German group has sent a piece of the wall to President Donald Trump in protest at his border policies.Earlier this week, the group told the White House it was delivering the slab on Saturday evening, November 9,
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