Problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists and some, i assume, are good people. A staple at every rally was a promise to build a wall and get mexico to pay for it. [ crowd chanting build that wall ] dont worry, were going to build that wall. That wall will go up. Its going to. Were going to build the wall, mexicos going to pay for the wall. Were going to stop drugs from coming in. A Trump Administration will also secure and defend the borders of the United States. And yes, we will build a great wall and mexico will pay for the wall 100 . Yes, we will build a wall. We will build a wall. It will be a great wall. Well like it or not, today President Trump took a major step to fulfilling that Campaign Pledge in a visit to department of Homeland Security, donald trump signed an executive order to begin the building of that border wall. Here he is. Were in the middle of a crisis on our southern border. The unprecedented surge of Illegal Migrants from Centr
tariff if mexico does not pay. this could have secure consequences on mexico s economy and on the u.s. economy, but that s the kind of tactic this white house is thinking about. yeah, trouble was you put those walls up in terms of tariffs or grabbing money and stop the trade and therefore don t get the money. in an interview with abc news tonight, president obama said mexico would pay for the wall, here he is saying it, the president. will american taxpayers pay for the wall? ultimately it will come out of mexico, we re going to start those negotiations relatively soon and a form reimbursed by mexico. so they ll pay us back. absolutely, 100%. mexico s president said in recent days mexico absolutely will not pay, adding it goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as mexicans. he says quite slimimply they ret paying. he has to say that. he has to say that. i m just telling you, there will
trump s directive to all of his advisers is don t wait, work with congress on this, we re going to negotiate with pe nana nieto, the president of mexico. he doesn t want to have any kind of delay because he thinks this is the chief political promise he made during his campaign. does it seem to matter in people in erie, scranton, other parts of the country, that voted for him, do you think it matters he s not really going to get the mexicans to pay for it in the near term? somewhere down the line he s going to find some financial means of saying the mexicans paid for it. he s not going to bill them, he s not going to invoice them. they re not going to owe us the money legally, so why would they ever pay for it if they re not legally bound to pay for it? not even contribute to the wall. certainly not. however, the trump white house when asked about this, they keep telling the press that they re thinking about trade negotiations and some kind of