US President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects slated for Guam. US President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects slated for Guam. About 7% of the funds for the 3.6 billion dollar (£2.9 billion) wall are being diverted from eight projects in the US territory. The total cost of relocating the Marines is 8.7 billion dollars (£7.1 billion), of which Japan is paying 3.1 billion (£2.5 billion). The projects put on hold by the border wall are a small share of this total, yet critical to the relocation.

Source: Irish Independent September 29, 2019 02:37 UTC