Trump Claims 'Much of the Wall Has Already Been' Built and 'Mexico is Paying For' It

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite


by Ken Meyer | Jan 2nd, 2019, 8:59 am

As President Trump prepares to meet with congressional leaders to negotiate the possible end of the government shutdown, he’s claiming once again that the wall’s construction is already underway with Mexico footing the bill.

Link to tweet

So, let’s see. Mexico is supposedly paying for the wall with an updated NAFTA deal that will presumably stimulate U.S. economic activity enough to offset the wall’s cost through tax revenue. Even if this federal revenue increase does happen as Trump claims, the actual end result here is American taxpayers will supply the money for the wall, not Mexico.

There’s also something to be said about Trump claiming the wall is already being built when last year’s congressional budget for border security didn’t provide any money for a wall. Furthermore, if “much of the Wall has already been fully renovated or built,” was it worth it for Trump to shut down the government because Democrats refuse to give him the $5 billion he’s demanding for the wall and other security measures?

So many questions, so little time.

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[barbtries]

1. he's tweeting lies

so he can wiggle out of the shutdown. so weak, so transparent, so horrifically damaged.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. +1

[Owl]

3. Wall will cost much more than $5B

[rurallib]

4. Dear Donny: Please show us your math on this claim and

also show us your taxes!

[apnu]

23. Dear Donny: Show us this already existing wall (nt)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Great. I guess we can move on to something else. NT

[watoos]

6. Maybe that's the solution to the stupid wall.

Trump can just hold a press conference and proclaim the wall is finished, the complicit M$M can back him up, and his base will blindly cheer.

[Locrian]

7. and chocolate rations are going up to 30gms too!!! - n/t

[torius]

29. Bullshit rations are up!

Through the roof!

[turbinetree]

8. Hey asshole.....................do you have receipts that have been notarized

with three signatures .................and just for giggles on your bull shit....................do it front of the media........ .......lets remind everyone on what happened on December 11, 2018................when you had cameras.....................you were taken to the cleaners......................literally.................... .................... and your side kick of deceit and deception sitting like an empty suit well....................well he is a dangerous empty suit..........................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough......................

[agingdem]

9. Hey Trump..

someone put LSD in your Adderall..you're hallucinating again...

[Andy823]

10. As long as his base

Buys into his lies, that's all the matters to him. He can lie all he wants and his "cult" followers will believe him.

[Roy Rolling]

11. Same as the '60s and '70s.

It's what cowardly businesspeople do when defeated.

"Declare victory and withdraw"

Which some say is the same tactic Trump has used for years to describe his own 5-second sexual performance.

[keithbvadu2]

12. Then there is no need for taxpayer money. It's going so well. Keep it up, Donald.

Then there is no need for taxpayer money. It's going so well. Keep it up, Donald.

[sdfernando]

13. OK then...so why do we need to put up 5B????

Jeez, this guy is dumber than a box of rocks.

[oberliner]

24. That was my thought as well

If Mexico is paying, then he doesn't need to ask Congress for money!

[forgotmylogin]

26. +1

Will there be a breaking point where 45 is so full of bullshit he pops like a balloon?

[sdfernando]

30. I would hope so

But I don’t want to be anywhere near him when that happens!

[packman]

14. He's already creating an alternative wall universe

See- The wall is already there and I did it and Mexico paid for it. Problem solved and I did it without the help of any Democrat.

What a mind (and I use the term loosely).

[forgotmylogin]

28. He's trying to grab Schroedinger's cat.

Setting up multiple scenarios depending on which outcome is most favorable.

The wall is nearly done/We need to build the wall
The wall will be paid for by Mexico/We need to fund the wall/Mexico is already paying for the wall via my shrewd dealmakin'
We're already building the wall/Child deaths are Democrats fault because I can't build a wall.
Immigrants are pouring in due to lack of funding/I will shut down the border (sans Wall) so nobody can get through (???)

Fucking Choose-Your-Own-Adventure president.

[RockRaven]

15. He's telegraphing what we always knew would be his end-game move -- if he gets a single penny

of new money, he's going to a) claim an absolute and total victory, and b) claim the wall is done.

Like he did with North Korea.
Like he did with ACA repeal.
Like he did with NAFTA.

The pattern will hold. He will get crumbs (less than he could have gotten by not being a hostage-taker, btw) and he'll pretend the issue is forever resolved.

[Docreed2003]

16. Well then...if much of the wall has been built...and Mexico is paying for it

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ASKING FOR ONE MORE CENT YOU LYING SACK OF SHIT!!!


Ugh...it's amazing that we're having to put up with this nonsense!! It's even more incredible that his party is fully behind this bullshit!

[GeorgeGist]

17. Well, NO ...

Link to tweet

[Initech]

18. Why don't we make the Kochs, Waltons, or Jeff Bezos pay for it?

They would make that money back in half a second. And since they bought this presidency, they would own it. That makes more sense than anything Chump is tweeting about right now.

[CrispyQ]

19. I want video footage of a drone flying the length of the wall. -nt

[Scurrilous]

20. ...

[niyad]

21. if Mexico is/has been paying, then WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL is dotard doing holding govt hostage?

[AKing]

22. Yeah,and the Space Force has just finished building a settlement on Mars and....

Saturn is going to pay for it!

[DeminPennswoods]

25. Jaw-droppingly amazing what Trump can convince

himself of.

[karynnj]

27. Could someone slip him a photoshopped video showing the "completed" wall across the whole

border? Tell him it is done already - so no need for more money to build it, just for border security needed even though it "is" there. Tell him it was a big accomplishment - a fantastic deal at the price - and he won. Now OPEN the government with a clean CR.

[IcyPeas]

31. c'mon MSM do your jobs and go to the wall....

and SHOW US. This is an easy lie to prove.