Posted on 02/09/2016 12:07:05 PM PST by onyx
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Donald Trump estimated on Tuesday that it will cost about $8 billion to build the wall he has promised to erect on the U.S.'s southern border if elected president.
Trump has vowed to force Mexico to pay for the border wall and said Tuesday on MSNBC that the hefty $8 billion price tag "is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico" on trade.
"The wall is probably $8 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico. We lose a tremendous amount of trade deficits. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that is astronomical, much bigger than that. We will get -- and I say it also is also part of my plan -- Mexico is going to play for the wall," he said.
Trump's proposal to build a wall on the U.S.'s southern border and his hardline immigration policies have become central to the billionaire's presidential campaign. But Tuesday marked the first time he has tacked a specific dollar amount to his border wall proposal.
Trump said he came up with the figure by "multiplying the number of miles by a certain number."
"I'm taking price per square foot and price per square, you know, per mile, and it's a very simple calculation," Trump said, noting that he would need to erect about 1,000 miles of border wall along the 2,000-mile long border because of natural barriers along certain parts.
Trump's pledge to make Mexico pay for the wall drew harsh criticism just days earlier from former Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
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Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?
And if he enacts tariffs to pay for it then American consumers will pay those. And if he increases entry fees then Mexico will do the same and American consumers will pay that. I honestly think that if Trump is elected and all his fanatical supporters look up at him with bright, shining faces, waiting for him to carry out his campaign promises, that they will be sadly disappointed.
“Trump has a budget for the border...and, it will NO DOUBT come in UNDER budget and AHEAD of schedule!!!!”
And of Class A construction to boot.
Certainly - from the US bduget.
You didn’t think he would be arrogant enough to suggest a completely irrational and populist idea that he would be so divine to force a foriegn goverment like Mexico to pay for it with money they don’t have and no willingness to given nearly 1/3 of their GDP is based on USD payments from the US did you?
Oh wait..........you already think that. Apologies.
It is not. When I was in Brownsville you could look from the Intl bridge down the river and dozens op people were clinging to inner tubes making the crossing. Maybe there is a solution though. Alligators.
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“Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?”
So we’re paying for it now? What happened to Mexico paying for it?
Do Trump supporters hold DT to anything he says or is it like a Liberal sees the Constitution, they are living and breathing promises?
Drone.....drone.....drone
Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?
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Gotcha - so even Trump’s supporters such as yourself don’t believe that Mexico will pay for the wall.
Are there other parts of his platform that you passionately defend but don’t believe he can do? Or can’t do as he says he will do?
Read my lips I don’t care if Mexico pays for the wall or we do. If Trump can get the Mexicans to pay for it all the better. I want the wall up and the illegal roaches gone.
This wall will be a money maker in cost savings of incarceration of illegals and stopping the drug trade.
It will be a total money maker.
Looks like you’re getting answers even though you tried a drive by posting.
Court cases? For enforcing our own laws? There were no court cases with Operation Wetback.
We’re not paying a thing for anyone to apply to come to the United States. They get in line, fill out forms, get vetted, and pay fees. Just like all the legal citizens have always done.
Without deportation, they will stay. The fear of deportation will cause most to leave on their own.
You are throwing out assumptions, straw man arguments. As if we must be too cowardly to have control over our country. Is that your candidate’s position?
Western Union doesn’t classify Mexico as a foreign country for sending funds there. Seriously.
Do it!
Mexican leadership mocked Trump yesterday saying Mexicans would rather stay there for the jobs from Ford.
Guess what? The Wall will not allow our jobs to be sent south either!
Trump ‘16!
I’m right there with you!
I have some construction experience in concrete and I have built fences since I was big enough to swing a hammer.
You could probably scare up all the personnel needed, from engineers to laborers right here on FR.
If anyone can estimate building costs, it’s Trump.
You think you are being clever by throwing out questions about what a few associated items will cost, but you can bet Trump has thought of everything, including permits, zoning, environmental impact studies, ...
You and I both know that is nothing but campaign bloviating.
Some people crow it about like its the Holy Gospel though.
If it gets built the US taxpayers will be footing the bill.
But even then its better to build it and pay for it than to leave an unsecured border with the lawless Mexicans.
Build the wall in Mexico and take as much of their land as needed to build a contiguous wall.
Take all the ill gotten gains from all the illegal beans in the U.S.
Deport 1st 2nd and 3rd generation illegal beans....Let Mexico house, clothe and educate these scumbags.
While we're at it, kick out all the demoncrats and repukes that enabled this invasion for the past 40 years. Dig up Teddy Kennedy and send him to Juarez.
Hopefully you’re one of the first to be deported
Minor considering what not having a wall costs us. It is a national security issue not only due to illegal aliens, but also drug smugglers and terrorists. The border needs to be secured. We will save lives and money. How much did 9/11 cost? How many Americans have been killed by illegal aliens? How much does the massive influx of drugs crossing the border cost us?
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