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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. military will construct his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, insisting that it will be built "one way or the other" while seemingly walking back threats to shut down the government if Congress fails to appropriate for the wall by the end of the week.
Trump also doubled-down on his claim that Mexico is paying for the wall's construction by virtue of a recently renegotiated trilateral trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. That claim has been met with skepticism by many who have argued increased revenues via international trade do not constitute the president making good on his guarantee that Mexico would pay for the wall.
"Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!" Trump wrote on Twitter Wednesday morning.
In our Country, so much money has been poured down the drain, for so many years, but when it comes to Border Security and the Military, the Democrats fight to the death, the president wrote in an earlier tweet. Pointing to an increase in defense spending this year agreed to by both parties in exchange for a boost in domestic spending, a concession to Democrats Trump added: "One way or the other, we will win on the Wall!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-insists-military-will-build-the-border-wall/ar-BBRaHZA?li=BBnb7Kz
The dotard is having a meltdown.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)Not even the slightest bit.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)There are laws regarding prevailing wages on public works projects.
Shell_Seas
(3,336 posts)That way, no one would ever be able to get over it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,212 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Nevilledog
(51,200 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Will he argue that the savings will pay for the wall?
safeinOhio
(32,722 posts)He has been paying contractors and his taxes indirectly for many years.
irisblue
(33,032 posts)Building landing strips on Tarawa.
The WPA built Hoover Dam.
irisblue
(33,032 posts)Welcome to DU
dameatball
(7,399 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)The military doesn't pay for a fucking thing, we the taxpayers do.
Taxing revenue from the new NAFTA deal = Americans are paying for the fucking wall. Congress would have to approve this anyway, so he's shit out of luck anyway.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)that using funds appropriated for the military cannot be used for another purpose.
Appropriated funds can only be used for the purpose for which appropriated.