Trump’s border wall is now a monument to his failure

Donald Trump has failed at many things since becoming president, but none may be more glaring than his failure to build the wall he promised across the entirety of our southern border.

Reuters, September 4, 2019

Who is paying for Trump’s border wall? Military families and schools

Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump’s border wall

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’, Feb 15, 2020

Trump told a rally that people who are in the United States illegally are paying for his Mexico border wall.  three days later. The Pentagon announced it is taking $3.8 billion approved by Congress for fighter aircraft, ships and other military programs and using the money to pay for the wall.  U.S. taxpayers are paying for the wall, not Mexico

Republicans support Trump’s wall even after he grabs military funds from their states

 NC Republican Sen. Tillis , flips on emergency wall funding, supports Trump The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any money for the president’s border wall.

Longest shutdown in history ends after Trump relents on wall

Fort Bragg among N.C. military bases to take $80M hit to fund Trump’s border wall

North Carolina’s military bases will lose about $80 million in planned military construction, according to a list released by the Pentagon on Wednesday of projects across the United States losing funding to build President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico.