Trump Says Wall Not Abandoned as Fight Over Funding Goes On
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President Donald Trump said he hasn’t dropped his demand for a concrete wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, a day after his outgoing chief of staff said the idea had been nixed months ago.
“An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media,” Trump said Monday on Twitter as a partial government shutdown precipitated by a dispute over border wall funding stretched into its 10th day. “Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me!”