Trump claims US would be 'inundated' with Covid-19 were it not for border wall

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Source: The Guardian

Trump claims US would be 'inundated' with Covid-19 were it not for border wall

President made remark hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for not bringing subject up in public

David Agren in Mexico City
Fri 10 Jul 2020 22.46 BST
First published on Fri 10 Jul 2020 16.31 BST

Donald Trump has claimed that the US would be “inundated” with coronavirus, were it not for new sections of the border wall – mere hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for avoiding the thorny subject during a summit meeting this week.

Addressing anti-narcotics officials, the US president claimed that the 250 miles of fencing erected on the frontier since he took office had stopped coronavirus spreading.

“It turned out to be very lucky for us that we had the wall or we would have been inundated because they have some big problems there [in Mexico],” Trump said, although he offered no evidence to support his claim.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador met Trump in Washington on Wednesday, lauding him for treating Mexico with “respect” and “understanding.” On Friday, the president, known as Amlo, repeated his thanks to the US president for striking a less “discriminatory tone”.

“We thank him for not raising the subject [of the border wall] in public,” Amlo said, although he acknowledged that it was mentioned during a White House dinner.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/10/amlo-trump-us-mexico-meeting-no-wall-mention

[bluedye33139]

1. Yes, the five miles of wall that they've completed really make me feel safe

Not

[niyad]

2. I heard it was three. Yes, really feel safe. Especially with the sections that are falling into the

Rio Grande.

[Judi Lynn]

3. God give us all enough time to praise him at least one more time for our health.