Trump Told Spanish Minister a Sahara Wall Could Stop Migrants

  • Foreign Minister relays Trump comments at lunch in Madrid
  • Sahara wall ‘is not a solution,’ Foreign Minister Borrell says

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U.S. President Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara as a means to help solve the European migration crisis, Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said.

“Closing the ports is not a solution, as neither is it a solution to build a wall across the Sahara, as President Trump suggested to me recently,” Borrell said at a lunch in Madrid on Tuesday.