On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump promised American voters, "I would build a great wall ... and I'll build them very inexpensively ... I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall."

You've heard Trump ask at every event, "Who's going to pay for the wall?" His audience always shouts, "Mexico."

Even Trump remembers the famous line from the "Jerry Maguire" film, "show me the money."

President Trump has not shown us the money from Mexico, because Mexico ain't paying. Trump lied to us, again.

On Feb. 6, 2017, BBC News reported that Trump wants to cover 1,000 miles of our 1,900-mile southern border with a 55-foot-high concrete wall, not fencing.

The 653 miles of fencing already up has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $7 billion.

Bloomberg reports Trump is seeking $20 billion from Congress as part of the fiscal 2019 spending package. Based on Trump's 2017 budget request for $2.6 billion dollars to plan, design and build 75 miles of the wall ... you do the math for the cost of 1,000 miles.

On Jan. 18, Trump tweeted, "We need the Wall for the safety and security of our country... Mexico, now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world."

Trump lies, again. Mexico is not the "most dangerous country in the world."

We have armed troops stationed, and some dying, in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Korea, etc.. But none in Mexico?

I'm still waiting for Congressman Leonard Lance's answer to, "Who's going to pay for Trump's wall?"



Reggie Regrut

Phillipsburg