Los Angeles Times

Will Mexico pay?

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Re “The wall and the shutdown,” editorial, Nov. 11

Your editorial never mentions President Trump’s oft-repeated campaign promise that he will get Mexico to pay for his border wall.

Since Trump’s inaugurati­on, I haven’t heard anything from the White House about the start of negotiatio­ns with Mexico for that money. The Democrats, the media and whichever Republican­s have any courage, morals or ethics should refuse to fund the wall and repeatedly remind the president of his campaign promise.

This country needs the $5 billion Trump wants for his wall to start to pay for much-needed infrastruc­ture repair or any other of our many societal needs. Herb Adelman Del Mar

Trump day after day brilliantl­y repeats his messages, making them true to his faithful believers, whether it’s about fake news, a witch hunt or building that wall.

His broken promises are mostly ignored — in fact, your editorial repeated his promise to build a wall in the first paragraph.

I wish you and all media would remind the public of Trump’s promises on healthcare — that all Americans would be covered, and drug prices would drop — every time you editoriali­ze or report another chapter in his endless saga about his promised wall and unwittingl­y add repetitiou­s weight to that silly promise while ignoring his glaring broken promises. Mark Davidson

Santa Ana

 ?? Michael Reynolds EPA/Shuttersto­ck ?? AN OVAL OFFICE meeting Tuesday on averting a government shutdown turned contentiou­s.
Michael Reynolds EPA/Shuttersto­ck AN OVAL OFFICE meeting Tuesday on averting a government shutdown turned contentiou­s.

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