White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said that, whatever Congress may or may not propose in a border security compromise, President Trump will get his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, USA Today reports.
Said Mulvaney: “The president is going to build the wall… this is going to get built with or without Congress.”
The congressional negotiations on border security are currently stalled as another government shutdown looms.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
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