for projects in order to simply build his wall. one of the things that we need to look at more closely is, where is this money coming from exactly? the white house has identified three main sources outside of what congress is giving him. several of them involve taking money from the department of defense, construction budget, military construction budget, also a drug interdiction budget. and then some money, a smaller pot is coming from asset forfeiture. some of these pots of money are going to be highly controversial. taking money from dod defense contracting projects is likely to find some resistance in congress. not just from democrats, but from republicans as well, and the court battles could start almost immediately. the president mentioned the ninth circuit, specifically. he s expecting these court battles will be fought and stayed in california. where the president has said the courts are more favorable to democratic opinions, although, many people would disagree with