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Trump Mulls Diverting Billions More for Border Wall
September 19, 2019 at 8:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 62 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/19/trump-mulls-diverting-billions-more-for-border-wall/
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Senior Trump administration officials are considering a plan to again divert billions of dollars in military funding to pay for border barrier construction next year, a way to circumvent congressional opposition to putting more taxpayer money toward the presidents signature project, the Washington Post reports.
The president has pledged to complete nearly 500 miles of new barrier by the 2020 election stirring chants of Build the Wall! at his campaign rallies. But that construction goal will require a total of $18.4 billion in funding through 2020, far more than the administration has publicly disclosed.
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Where is the military industrial complex?