An online petition is getting plenty of notice primarily due to the unique nature of the idea it represents.

During the campaign Mr. Trump rallied his followers by promising to build a wall on the southern border and having Mexico pay for it. This was one of his key campaign points and he barked it out over and over and over.

However in the last few days Mr. Trump has changed his pledge so that now the taxpayers of America would foot the bill and Mexico would pay us back later. Yeah, right.

This new petition is actually an interesting idea. It places the onus onto Mr. Trump to satisfy his base without a burden on the taxpayers of America. However the petition needs 99,019 signatures by February 5, 2017 to get a response from the White House

The petition site homepage reads:

Donald Trump recently told reporters that Mexico would reimburse American taxpayers for the cost of building and maintaining his proposed border wall “later.” This course of action would be in direct contradiction to his campaign promise that Mexico would pay to build a southern border wall at no cost to American citizens.

Instead of placing the economic burden on American families (estimated at $25 Billion, without including yearly maintenance costs), we ask that Donald Trump use his vast economic resources to finance the construction of the wall, and arrange for Mexico to pay him back directly.

This would avoid placing an undue economic burden on the American taxpayer, while maintaining one of his key campaign promises.

Link to petition website

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-trump-pay-wall-and-have-mexico-reimburse-him-personally

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