It seems only a couple months ago that the United States was embattled in the highly contentious 2016 election. The reality is, Donald Trump has been in office for over a year and, as such, many of his electoral “promises” are quickly being forgotten and rewritten in the minds of his supporters.

The one thing that excited me about a Trump presidency was the possibility that we could have a political outsider holding the reins for once. However, on issue after issue, Trump has proven himself to be exactly what his base was hoping to reject.

For the sake of time, I want to use this article to address one promise that is quickly being rewritten by Trump and his base: his promise that Mexico will pay for his southern border wall.

Here are Trump’s comments from February 2016: