White House: Mexico will pay for border wall, despite Trump’s shutdown threat

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President Trump’s threat to shut the government down over border security funding does not mean he is ditching his promise to force Mexico to pay for his wall, the White House said Thursday.

“I certainly don’t think any efforts have been abandoned,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters amid repeated requests about the president’s recent threat of a government shutdown next month.

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