friendly news outlets to campaign himself into a $400 million government contract on the basis of a bunch of flimflam contracts, but that's literally what appeared to have happened. a north dakota company run by republican donor has been awarded a $400 million contract to build 31 miles of border wall. now, donald trump loves tommy fisher. as "the washington post" reports trump has repeatedly pushed for fisher to get a wall building contract. urging the officials with the army corps of engineers to pick the firm only to be told that fisher's bids did not meet standards. but after the president personally pushed the army corps and kept pushing, wow, lo and behold, the company was added to a pool of competitors, and now it has been awarded a massive $400 million contract. probably didn't hurt that fisher and his wife maxed out donations to republican kevin kramer.