that s actually cute. reporter: shortly after taking office, the president told david muir that at first taxpayers would likely foot the bill and then get paid back. are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall, will american taxpayers pay for the wall? we re gonna be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico which i so they ll pay us back? yeah, absolutely. 100%. reporter: as for the 100 days marker in my first 100 days. in our first 100 days just think about what we can accomplish in the first 100 days. reporter: the president has certainly shaken up washington, signing more than two dozen executive orders, he s on pace to sign more in 100 days than any president since fdr. but during the campaign, he promised action on ten different pieces of legislation in his first 100 days. but he s only moved forward with
well, president trump as you heard right there repeatedly said mexico would pay for the wall. here s what the president told abc news david muir today. are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall? will american taxpayers pay for the wall? ultimately it will come out of what s happening with mexico. we re going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon. and we will be in a forum reimbursed by mexico. they ll pay us back? absolutely 100%. the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first? all it is, we ll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from mexico. mexico s president says mexico, of course, will not pay. that s a direct quote. the nbc news/ wall street journal poll out last week said 55% of americans do not want a wall, just 21% say it s an absolute priority. the pew survey from august shows that border security breaks down among partisan lines, of course. no surprise here. 69%, 7 out of 10 republicans sy
thank you so much. gym jim, you re at the white house. president trump signed executive order to begin moving towards building a wall on the u.s./mexican border. he talked about it this evening. will american taxpayers pay for the wall? ultimately it will come out of what is happening with mexico. starting negotiations relatively soon and be in a form reimbursed by mexico. they ll pay us back. absolutely 100%. so american taxpayer pay at first. be reimbursed from mexico. mexico s president said will pay adding it goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as mexicans. he says simply they re not paying. he has to say that. but i m telling you, there will be a payment, it will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form. you have to understand what i m doing is good for the united states.
méxico will not pay for any wall. in an interview with abc, trump, though, while méxico may not pay for the wall, one way or another, they will pay for it. are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall? will american taxpayers pay for this wall? ultimately, it ll come out what s happening with méxico, we are going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon and we will be in a form reimbursed by méxico. so they will pay us tack? absolutely, 100%. yesterday foreign relations and economic secretaries arrived in washington to meet with the trump administration ahead of the president president next week and president peña nighto will wait till they return to see whether or not they make the trip. abby: thank you, garrett. democratic mayors come out swinging against president
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