I’ve never thought we needed to make Mexico pay for the Wall in any grand gesture. We can do it in reduced aid.
We’ll be so far ahead financially, it won’t matter. The Wall will pay for itself, and quickly.
I’m all for recouping the cost at Mexico’s expense but I have absolutely no problem paying for the wall with tax dollars up front if that’s what we have to do. We ought to send Mexico the bill and if they decline to pay it, we should F them out of 10 times the cost of the wall.