the wall is because mexico has made a fortune out of the stupidity. believe it or not, this is least important thing we re talking about but politically this might be the most important thing we re talking about. in terms of dollars or pesos, it is the most important thing. the post also received a transcript of a telephone call president trump had with the australian prime minister. greg miller is the report here broke the story for the washington post. let s talk about the politics of this thing. what does it tell you when you came across these gems about the president s politics here at home? what is he up to, talking to this guy, don t talk about the wall. there s a huge disconnect about what he s saying publicly and privately at the very outset of his administration and his first conversation with the mexican president. he is trying to enlist the mexican president in a political charade here. everybody knows, you won t really to have pay for the wall but i cannot deal with it
higher. that s right. we ll build a wall. don t worry. i promise. we re building the wall. and mexico will pay for the wall. i promise. throwing red meat into the cage there. nothing was more dramatic in donald trump s campaign than his promise to build that big, as he called it, a beautiful wall on the border with mexico. newly released transcripts of the president s he actual conversation with the president, the issue of the wall was more like a nuisance he had to deal with. the president said, you and i both have a political problem. my people stand up and say, mexico will pay for the wall. and your people probably say something in a similar but slightly different language. but the fact is we are both in a political binds because i want to have mexico pay for the wall and i have to. the reason i say they ll pay for
safety by having a wall that insures our public safety. 2017 our priorities are clear going into fy 17 and we ll continue to ask for more in fy 18. is it delayed for now? no one said delayed. you ll notice nor input s comments nor spicer s briefing, nowhere is there mention mexico. taxpayers will be paying for the wall, which is not what we were tolden the campaign trail. we are going to build a great border wall. we will build a great, great wall. we re going to build a wall don t worry about it. we will build the wall 100%. i promise. we will build the wall. and who s going it pay for
the wall? who s going to pay for the wall? who? it will be a great wall. mexico s going to pay for the wall. mexico is going to pay for the wall. mexico will pay for the wall. and mexico s going to pay for the wall and they understand that. mexico is going to pay for the wall. believe me, 100%. mexico s foreign minister said in no scenario will mexico pay for the wall. i mean, this was one of the president s biggest campaign promises. how essential is it that he delivers in some way here? sean spicer is careful to say there s a delay, there s no delay. rush bim bah went on the radio and attacked donald trump. there s at least four reasons. first, we don t need it. the flow of mexicans for five
there is a national and economic safety issue by having a wall that ensures our country s safety and there s plenty of playing that can be done and in fy-17, and we ll continue to ask for more in fy-18. you ll notice that in neither president trump s comments nor in the press briefing is there someplace mentioned south of the border called mexico, which means you and me and all of us are going to be paying for the wall. we are going to build a great border wall. we will build a great, great wall. we re going to build a wall, don t worry about it. we will build the wall 100%. i promise, we will build the wall.