government for border security. now you and he say that this is a democratic shutdown. let me ask one more thing i m getting a wrap but i got ask. i don t offer this as a zinger or to be pithy here. the president s promise was that mexico was going to pay for this wall. $18 billion to $25 billion depending on whose estimate you believe. why is he handsing this bill off to the american people? should his base accept that renege? look, i think his base is happy with him, with the deal we just struck with mexico and canada. i think i would love to see mexico pay for the wall. i not that s not a reality. i ll defer to joan mnuchchi joee mnuchin saying he d be happy to pay for the wall. i ll stick with chance chance on this one. joseph pirelli. i think people remember the campaign, remember who s going to pay for the wall, and thousands of people would shout mexico and the president would
that s the choice he wants to put before members of congress. that hasn t led him to be very popular except with his base, but that s how he s geared his presidency. you know, these numbers probably have enough fudge factor in them that they can reach some sort of compromise, but he s not giving up on wall. this is why he ran and won for president. he kept saying during the campaign, chris, he guaranteed mexico was going to go to the wall. go to the rally and ask the crowd who will pay for the wall and they would all shout mexico and now he has a revised tweet and statement that he put out. he said eventually but at a later date so we can get started early. mexico will be paying in some form for the badly needed border wall. it sounds like he s backtracking. having come from my background a copy editor would