Trump Inspects Border Wall Prototypes in California
- White House has asked for $18 billion to build border wall
- Mexico has rebuffed Trump’s promise it will pay for barrier
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President Donald Trump traveled to opposition territory -- California -- to fire up support for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a project that has encountered resistance in Congress.
Trump on Tuesday inspected eight wall prototypes constructed in the desert south of San Diego as he fights to overcome opposition from Democrats and skepticism from some Republican lawmakers over the cost of a barrier that was a central promise of his presidential campaign.