Only I can fix it · 2016 campaign · № 6
Nobody but him could get Mexico to pay for the wall
“Nobody -- as an example, on the wall, nobody is getting Mexico to pay for the wall, the cost of the wall, but me. They don't even know about that.”
- Said
- , Interview with John Dickerson, CBS 'Face the Nation'
- Subject
- making Mexico pay for the wall
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
Mexico never paid. Congress and diverted Pentagon funds supplied roughly $15 billion for barrier construction, all from U.S. taxpayers; his original estimate was $8-12 billion. About 450 miles of barrier were built, but only around 47-52 miles were new primary wall where none had existed. PolitiFact rated 'Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it' Promise Broken.