Trump seeks wall funding

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has floated the idea of using the military’s budget to pay for his long-promised border wall with Mexico.

Mr Trump raised the funding plan with House Speaker Paul Ryan at a meeting at the White House last Wednesday.

And he publicly tweeted that building “a great Border Wall” is “all about National Defence,” and called to “Build WALL through M!”, meaning the military.

Departments, however, have limited authority to reprogram funds without congressional approval.