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mwooldri

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16. If the wall will cost 100 billion pesos then we need a down payment.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:30 PM

Jan 2019

A lot of contractors ask for 1/2 down. So I wanna see Mexico give Donald Trump a check for 50 billion pesos before I'm ok with saying that we should build a concrete wall on the southern border.

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Trump says Mexico is 'not going to write a check' for the wall [View all] DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Are we supposed to be surprised? In_The_Wind Jan 2019 #1

The height of the wall Turbineguy Jan 2019 #2

Believe that, Elephants fly..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #3

Not one red peso senor. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #4

Those MAGA people Corgigal Jan 2019 #5

Why then are you asking congress for the money? Why then is the government shutdown? GusBob Jan 2019 #6

There is no trade deal Izzy Blue Jan 2019 #7

"I was lying. As usual." - Dirty Donny* (R) Achilleaze Jan 2019 #8

NAFTA 2 is small fix to NAFTA. Will not make US Treasury richer. Mexico not paying for any wall. .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #9

For years, we got shorted by Mexico with unfair NAFTA tariffs. Now that NCjack Jan 2019 #10

I stopped getting two breakfast burrito's at McDonalds so they are paying for my house......... Bengus81 Jan 2019 #11

The only way the government would get any of the money is Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #12

It is way past time to invoke the 25th. Initech Jan 2019 #13

It was literally written in his campaign literature that MX would cut a check Arazi Jan 2019 #14

I've Seen This Plan Before Roy Rolling Jan 2019 #15

If the wall will cost 100 billion pesos then we need a down payment. mwooldri Jan 2019 #16

It would probably be a bank transfer of some kind. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #17