Remember When Donald Trump Wanted Mexico To Pay for the Wall?

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Remember When Donald Trump Wanted Mexico To Pay for the Wall?

By Nathan Ouellette

Posted December 21, 2018 at 10:41pm

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President Donald Trump’s efforts to get Congress to pay for a border wall is a reversal from one of his favorite talking points – that Mexico will pick up the tab.

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