POLITICS16 June 2016
“Mexico will pay for the border wall.”
— Donald Trump · 2016 Campaign
EXPIRED
1904d AGO
VERDICT: DIDN'T HAPPEN
Mexico did not pay for the wall. US taxpayers funded construction through diverted military funds and congressional appropriations.
YEAH RIGHT 55%IT'S ON 45%
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CONTEXT
The granddaddy of expired political promises. Repeated throughout Trump's first term. Wall construction was partially funded by redirecting $3.6B from military construction projects.