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Trump Looks to Military to Build Border Wall as Hopes in Congress Diminish
President Donald Trump has solidified his suggestion that the U.S. military will build the wall along the southern border as the chances of Congress passing funding for the project by the Dec. 21 deadline shrinks.
“Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!” Trump wrote in a Dec. 19 tweet.
The Pentagon has backed Trump, acknowledging there is a legal option to use military funds for border barriers, though also saying there’s no plan in place to do so.
“To date, there is no plan to build sections of the wall,” Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col. Jamie Davis said in a Dec. 12 statement. “However, Congress has provided options under Title 10 U.S. Code that could permit the Department of Defense to fund border barrier projects, such as in support of counter drug operations or national emergencies.”
Trump has asked Congress for $5 billion for the wall, but has faced a unified opposition from the Democrats and even from some Republicans.
Trump has repeatedly said he would partially shut down the government over the wall money, meaning he would veto a homeland security budget bill that doesn’t include the funding.
A large part of the government is already funded through next September, including the military, public health care agencies, education, and veterans’ programs.
Yet Congress still has roughly $450 billion of funding left to approve before several agencies run out of money on Dec. 21.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-looks-to-military-to-build-border-wall-as-hopes-in-congress-diminish_2743526.html