It was a foundational promise of Donald Trump’s historic presidential campaign: Mexico would pay for his 2,000-mile border wall. And Democrats have not been swayed, confident that the president’s strategy of shutting down the government for a publicly funded border wall is a political loser. “And I will have Mexico pay for that wall. “I have long supported the border wall, which will protect Americans,” Rogers said in unveiling the bill, which gained several co-sponsors. Looking back, Selee said the Trump campaign was “scrambling to figure out how Mexico would pay for the wall.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2019 23:58 UTC