The military is joining the taxpayer in funding Trump’s dream hybrid of politics, real estate development, and xenophobia
Will more wall money actually mean more wall? Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images During the 2016 campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump ensured prospective voters that Mexico would pay for a wall on the southern border: “It’s an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year.
Esper determined that the use of the military construction funds was necessary to support American forces deployed to the southern border with Mexico under the national emergency that Trump declared in mid-February. The formal determination allows Trump, under an obscure statute in the federal code overseeing the military, to tap the funds appropriated for other purposes without sign-off from Congress.
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