US President Donald Trump unveils first section of new 'anti-climb' border wall Friday April 05,2019

President Donald Trump got his first in-person look at a section of the 30-foot 'bollard wall' his administration is building along the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, touring a California border town where a 2-1/4 mile stretch of barriers is replacing antiquated fencing made from landing mats scavenged during the Vietnam War era.

The White House called Trump's destination 'the first completed section of the new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.' 

'We’ve already built a lot of it,' the president told reporters at the site. The administration has not, however, erected walls in any places along the 1,954-mile border where no barriers existed on his Inauguration Day.

Trump said the imposing structure, made of reinforced steel slats spaced apart so U.S. Border Patrol agents can see the other side, is 'anti-climb' and can be made quickly. 

'Just checked out the new Wall on the Border – GREAT!' he tweeted as Air Force One glided along the brief flight path to Los Angeles, where a fundraiser awaited.