Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Trump: Border wall 'pays for itself in two months'
The Hill ^ | 12/04/18 01:51 PM EST | RAFAEL BERNAL

Posted on 12/04/2018 5:03:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

President Trump called on Democrats on Tuesday to vote to fund his proposed border wall, saying the project would pay "for itself in two months."

In a tweet, Trump claimed "our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration."

Trump's appeal to Democrats comes ahead of a homeland security spending fight to avoid a partial government shutdown originally slated for Friday.

House Republicans filed a stop-gap bill to move the deadline for a partial shutdown to Dec. 21 to accommodate for the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday.

That bill is likely to be approved, but will leave a small window for Congressional leaders to pass appropriation bills before leaving Washington for the holidays.

And with Democrats due to take over the House in January, Trump's window to pay for his signature campaign proposal could be closing.

The House had previously passed a bill that included $5 billion for border security, but the Senate version included less than $2 billion. Trump has indicated he won’t sign a bill that includes less than $5 billion earmarked for the wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; buildthefence; daca; dreamact; dreamers
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

1 posted on 12/04/2018 5:03:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is where the House losses really hurt I’m assuming? *sigh*

Thank you Paul Ryan and feckless GOP leadership.


2 posted on 12/04/2018 5:05:20 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Our Reps and Senators are too weak to do it. Too scared by vocal minorities. Not enough backbone in them to do the right thing.


3 posted on 12/04/2018 5:05:32 PM PST by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Think of The Wall as a Tariff.


4 posted on 12/04/2018 5:06:06 PM PST by Paladin2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m so worried about this guy.

I think they haven’t made a direct move because too many of his followers own guns.


5 posted on 12/04/2018 5:06:46 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump is weak with this appeal. Press YOUR party to hand you $5 billion....NOW! If they don’t then threaten to put every opposing member on a lobbying blacklist — shut out from your administration for as long as you’re president.


6 posted on 12/04/2018 5:07:12 PM PST by montag813
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tell Trump it can be built with private donations and selling ad space on it. Then nobody in Congress can vote it down.


7 posted on 12/04/2018 5:11:41 PM PST by OrangeHoof (CNN - the most busted name in news.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2

The wall is a tariff

Expanding that truism, it was announced today that $7 billion in tariffs have been collected

The collected tariffs can then be converted to the wall

The tariffs are free money to be spent on the wall


8 posted on 12/04/2018 5:11:45 PM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: vpintheak

More likely they are too greedy for the lobby money to risk it.


9 posted on 12/04/2018 5:17:18 PM PST by Ingtar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wish he’d said “pays for itself” from the first because it would, many times per year.


10 posted on 12/04/2018 5:24:37 PM PST by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: vpintheak

The GOP has two years until the next election to take the blame for the shutdown.


11 posted on 12/04/2018 5:28:32 PM PST by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go jst inraight up his seat. to the comments..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why isn’t the entire illegal immigration system self supporting? Seize their assets and let them foot the bill.


12 posted on 12/04/2018 5:31:22 PM PST by SanchoP
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege
IMPORTANT NO bizarre speling mistakes. MAGA! Down for CRUZ! Cruz bad stupid Canadian. I suppose nobody loosers notice anymore. vanateeWill wait for next FR vanatee thread. AWESOME! Everyone wins with Trump Tax Plan! (HAVE NOT YOU WINNIN ALSO?) Scarmable! Colorado Peace Inbound!
13 posted on 12/04/2018 5:48:44 PM PST by golux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SanchoP
(I don't know anything about Border Security, DHS, and the Caravan, because I am not at all intimately familiar with the border situation. But, to be sure: There are NO tunnels. There are NO drones, cannon, aircraft including chartered jumbos, etc. Bahamas, etc. were not and never were a part of the smuggling and illegal immigration system. A wall will solve everything, will be cheap and impenetrable - like a fixed fortress - a Maginot, if you will. BUILD THE WALL!)
14 posted on 12/04/2018 5:55:30 PM PST by golux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

What would you spend to save America? I would spend a Trillion. The combined cost of the parasites could cover it.


15 posted on 12/04/2018 6:16:00 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Close the border entirely and we put EVERYBODY to work in America.

Lock up all the ILLEGALS and send Mexico the bill.


16 posted on 12/04/2018 6:17:30 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Wrong, the House passed $5 billion for the wall.
The Senate has only passed $1.6 billion.


17 posted on 12/04/2018 7:31:38 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: vpintheak

The House passed $5 billion, the Senate only has $1.6 billion in their bill.
It’s the Bush League Republicans in the Senate that are the problem.
They’ll tell you they need 60 votes.


18 posted on 12/04/2018 7:35:39 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

The price of a wall not the issue.

Dollars and cents accounting won’t sway congress.

The wall could cost $0.02 and congress wouldn’t fund it.

Congress WANTS the invasion. It’s as simple as that.

Trump is wasting his Twitter words.


19 posted on 12/04/2018 8:12:52 PM PST by bkopto
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

They are coming in in droves. Trump and media silent!

https://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/2018/12/05/influx-central-american-migrants-continues/


20 posted on 12/04/2018 8:20:35 PM PST by amihow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson