To add to the topic of getting Mexico to "pay for the wall".
This is politics. Trump doesn't even need to literally get Mexico to pay for the wall. He needs something to show that he can claim to be them paying for the wall. These are different things. Seize some funds and say "they're now paying for the wall". Put up a tax that targets Mexico/Mexicans and say that it's paying for the wall. Strike a deal with Mexicanb government where they pay some part of the wall, and say they're paying for the wall now.
It's posturing anyway. The numbers don't need to add up.
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