The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
Mexico will pay us back for border wall, insists Trump
brought in by the DNC — for information.
He also said that the hack of emails from the DNC and top campaign officials for Clinton had revealed that Clinton received advance notice of debate questions and “many many other things that were horrible. How come nobody complains about that?” Trump was referring to a tip that a CNN commentator and Clinton supporter, Donna Brazile, gave to Podesta ahead of a Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan.
Trump said he is looking forward to his meeting Friday afternoon about the hacking by James Clapper, the director of national intelligence; FBI Director James Comey and other intelligence officials. He said that Clapper “wrote me a beautiful letter a few weeks ago wishing me the best.”
But he added that “a lot of mistakes were made” by the intelligence community in the past, noting in particular the attacks on the World Trade Centre. NYT US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump Friday tweeted that Mexico will reimburse American taxpayers for a new border wall and that US money spent will be for the “sake of speed.”
His tweet came as top aides consider a plan to ask Congress to ensure money is available in US coffers for the wall, but to rely on existing law that already authorises fencing and other technology along the southern border.
The potential approach was confirmed Thursday by two congressional officials and a senior transition official with knowledge of the discussions; all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Trump said in a tweet early today: “The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!” During his campaign, Trump repeatedly told voters if elected he would build a wall along the US southern border and make Mexico pay for it.
Trump transition spokesman Sean Spicer said putting US money up-front “doesn’t mean he’s broken his promise.”
In an interview Friday on ABC’S Good Morning America, Spicer said: “I think he’s going to continue to talk to them (the Mexican government) about that.”
The approach could also stave off a legislative fight that Trump might lose if he tried to get Congress to pass a measure authorising the kind of border wall he promised during the campaign.
It’s not clear how much could be done along the 2,000-mile border without additional actions by Congress. Lawmakers passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, but most of those 700 miles have already been built.