President Trump and his wife, Melania, flank Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, as they arrive at Palm Beach International Airport on Air Force One. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)President Trump vowed in a pair of tweets Saturday morning to negotiate the costs of constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border “way down,” after a government analysis estimated the price at a whopping $21.6 billion. An internal report prepared by the Department of Homeland Security and reviewed by Reuters this past week estimated that the wall would cost $21.6 billion and take 3 ½ years to construct. When I do, just like with the F-35 FighterJet or the Air Force One Program, price will come WAY DOWN! [Initial estimate: Trump’s wall will cost more than a year of the space program]The border wall is a signature campaign promise of Trump’s.

Source: Washington Post February 11, 2017 14:13 UTC