President-elect Trump tweeted Friday that the media was lying again about who would pay for the wall, after late Thursday reports said he was pushing Congress to pay for it.
Trump indicated that Congress may end up appropriating money to build the wall, but insisted that Mexico would ultimately pay the U.S. back. He said doing it this way would let the U.S. immediately start building the wall, instead of waiting for Mexico to pony up billions of dollars first.
“The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!” he tweeted.
The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway also stressed on Fox News Friday morning that the plan is for Congress to pay for the wall to get it started, but then have Mexico pay the U.S. back.
“He’s going to build that wall, and Mexico is going to pay for it,” she said.
Trump also used Twitter to boast about the “passion” of his voters, part of his ongoing defense against Democratic arguments that Russian hacking is what won him the election.
Hillary and the Dems were never going to beat the PASSION of my voters. They saw what was happening in the last two weeks before the……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
and knew they were in big trouble – which is why they cancelled their big fireworks at the last minute.THEY SAW A MOVEMENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
