Trump: "Much Of The Wall Has Already Been Fully Renovated Or Built"

Donald Trump

Donald Trump tweeted today that his infamous 'wall' is actually being paid for via the recently announced trade negotiations known as United States/Mexico/Canada Trade Deal.

The Donald also asserts that 'much of the wall has already been fully renovated or built."

???

If it's 'fully renovated or built' why shutdown the government?

Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal. Much of the Wall has already been fully renovated or built. We have done a lot of work. $5.6 Billion Dollars that House has approved is very little in comparison to the benefits of National Security. Quick payback!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2019

Ken Meyer at Mediaite has more:

So, let’s see. Mexico is supposedly paying for the wall with an updated NAFTA deal that will presumably stimulate U.S. economic activity enough to offset the wall’s cost through tax revenue. Even if this federal revenue increase does happen as Trump claims, the actual end result here is American taxpayers will supply the money for the wall, not Mexico.

Donald is trying to create a new reality so he can dig himself out of the hole he dug when he rejected a unanimous Senate vote on spending including border security money. All of what he Tweeted below is nonsense -- all of it. https://t.co/YmFkcXiKPn

— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) January 2, 2019

Reminder when Trump tweets about USMCA and how Mexico will pay for the wall through it: USMCA has not been ratified by Congress yet.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 2, 2019

At a briefing today, Trump told reporters he'd 'rather not say' if he would accept less than $5 billion for his wall to bring the government shutdown to a close

President Trump says he would "rather not say" if he's willing to accept less than $5 billion for his border wall to end the government shutdown https://t.co/nhksVfeDer pic.twitter.com/lsPVNV2Jj7

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 2, 2019