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Look, here's my point. There is a lot of public support for building a wall. It's a good issue, and good policy as far as I'm concerned...But forcing Mexico to pay for the Wall just sounds like an empty boast to a lot of people, and I think it ignores the political realities in Mexico. National pride simply wouldn't permit them to knuckle under.

Horrible politics in the US. Trump is changing an issue, constructing a wall/barrier of some sort which is supported by a large majority of Americans to a pis*ing contest over who pays for it. With Trumps ego heavily invested. With the distinct possibility of turning a winning issue into a loser. Like the abortion issue. With a majority of Americans opposed to abortion beyond some definition of viability. 43 states have such laws. Rather than taking advantage of that majority support, he changes the issue to whether mothers should go to jail for an abortion under "illegal" circumstances. Changed his mind, but that won't stop the ads this fall. Quotes around illegal since in those 43 states only the provider commits a crime, not the mother.