so we re going to build it. who s going to pay for the wall? 100%. that was candidate trump s rallying cry, build a wall between the u.s. and mexico and force mexico to pay for it. now one year into his presidency, mexico refuses to build that wall and they are seeking billions from congress for construction. i went to texas and brought together a group of residents and i wanted to ask them about the wall. well, look, the wall is going who is going to pay for the wall? probably the same people that paid for the $8 trillion under obama that he spent that he didn t have.
on the other side? you know, we want protection as well. you know, we don t want the drug lords of mexico to come here, do you? no, of course not. no. so we, of course, we want the fence to protect us. you know, but the wall is something. you know, it is so ridiculous. what are you going to do? in the middle of the river you are going to put a huge wall, like the china wall? we as a sovereign nation have a right to put up a wall and say who can and cannot come into this country. we understand that. we don t dispute that whatsoever. so i m not against mexicans. my wife is mexican, okay. don t come off with that we don t want people from mexico or that i m afraid of mexicans. no. mexicans will stay in their houses and live their lives. but there are criminal elements that are going to come over. trump says we need to build a wall. it will block people from mexico coming in.
have almost become immune about this. when they talked about gun control earlier this week, we were hearing from republican sources saying even though they were outraged and disagreed with what he was saying they weren t worried about it because they thought they could get him to change his mind. so even though a lot of people are agasped by what they hear, people have become immune to it over the past year. michael, i have to read you something one of the close acquaintances of donald trump said. he made this prediction this week telling the financial times if the democrats win the house, trump might find more of his inner democrat. there is a lot he agrees with them about. could you see president trump running as a democrat in 2020? he s so unpredictable, right? it doesn t seem out of the realm of possibility. we do live in bizarre world.
craved. as she awaits her fate in thailand, cnn has managed to make contact with her. she says she has 18 hours of audio recordings that could be useful to the mueller investigation. she also says she has a photograph of an up named american businesswoman who met with her and asked her to delete the image. nothing substantial as such as the moment. but this case is generating a lot of interest in russia and it s worth keeping a close eye on what else she may reveal. we know you will keep watching for us. thank you, matthew. this week a judge ruled that construction on trump s border wall can begin. i travelled to the border to ask those living there how they see it. of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve.
but congress, you know, if congress doesn t want that, they can pass a clean dream act, but they re not going to do that. i don t think there is the political will right now to do that. would you support it if they were to do that? yeah. yeah. i would support it if they were to have a clean dream act. but i think in reality they are going to have to compromise and give trump something he wants. i think he is playing the devil s advocate. i really think trump is playing the devils advocate to propel us to do something. yes, yes. that s what he s doing. the more outrageous he gets with the comments, the more anger and maybe the democrats will agree and the hard core republicans will do something about it. i agree with you. i don t want to blame the democrats or the republicans. i think they re all failings because they have not passed any law in 20 years so clear up this situation to help the people