Trump Pledges Texas Will Get Recovery Funding Despite His Shutdown Threat
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published AUGUST 28, 2017 4:44 PM
President Donald Trump on Monday pledged that Texas will get recovery funding in the wake of massive flooding and destruction after Hurricane Harvey, despite his conflicts with Republican leaders in Congress and his threat to shut down the government to secure funding for his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“I think that you’re going to see very rapid action from Congress, certainly from the President, and you’re going to get your funding,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.
Trump said he expects to have funding requests on his desk “fairly soon.”
“We think that Congress will feel very much the way I feel, in a very bipartisan way. That will be nice,” he said. “I think you’ll be up and running very, very quickly, really very quickly. So yeah, I think you’re going to be in fantastic shape.”
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Trump Concedes US ‘May Fund’ Border Wall But Mexico Will ‘Ultimately’ Pay
By ESME CRIBB Published AUGUST 28, 2017 5:01 PM
President Donald Trump on Monday conceded that the United States may fund his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico, but insisted that Mexico will “ultimately” pay for his proposed physical barrier.
“One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the wall. That’s right. It may be through reimbursement, but one way or the other Mexico will pay for the wall,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.
He said Mexico “is being reluctant” to pay because the nation has “had one of the sweetest deals for years.”
“We need the wall, it’s imperative. We may fund it through the United States, but ultimately Mexico will pay for the wall,” Trump said.
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