He lies when he says he never said Mexico would pay for the wall with a check. Why does he tell lies that are easily disproven?
He lies when he says his new trade deal would pay for the wall – the benefits would go to businesses.
Trump's campaign website said Mexico would "make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion" https://t.co/cAJ9e5uR8z
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 10, 2019
Ways that Mexico would pay for the wall, per Trump at various points:
– Writing a check or else
– Revised trade deals
– A tax
– Being cowed by not getting a meeting
– Reimbursement/other
– Getting out-dealed
https://t.co/n5FXOhLzlB— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 10, 2019
This is another big lie, and very specifically inaccurate. His campaign’s Paying For The Wall proposal claimed Mexico was going to make a one-time payment of up to $10 billion. https://t.co/u9auji3yGM https://t.co/RICpu1epao
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 10, 2019
He said they would need to make one-time payment of $5 billion to $10 billion, or he would seize remittances. That was literally his plan. https://t.co/ybOVYX1HKd
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 10, 2019
Remember how Trump said earlier today that he never said Mexico would pay for the wall with a check? We'll you'll just never guess what Trump said on Hannity in 2016. https://t.co/t8qWlA7z5U
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 11, 2019
1) Congress hasn’t approved the deal yet, and there’s a decent chance they won’t;
2) it’s not billions of dollars better;
3) Even if it was, it wouldn’t yield the tax revenue necessary to fund your idiotic wall. https://t.co/yUYiEghPyv— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 11, 2019
“He did say it — at least 212 times during his campaign and dozens more since he took office. And he put it in writing — in a March 2016 memo to news outlets that was then posted on his campaign website.” https://t.co/pbinb81n5T
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) January 11, 2019
Trump in 2016 on Mexico: "They may even write us a check."
Trump today on Mexico: "I never said they're going to write out a check." pic.twitter.com/OwgD0vyMql
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 10, 2019
Turns out he DID say Mexico would write a check! And his new claim that NAFTA 2.0 will “indirectly” pay for it is pure BS: Any added money from that trade deal would go only to private companies and their shareholders, NOT to the American taxpayers who’d foot the bill. https://t.co/oNXYYzHOEo
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 11, 2019
No longer looking pay a big check, Trump says Mexico will pay for wall under new trade deal. That’s false. https://t.co/B1YuzNRT98
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 11, 2019
At a Republican presidential debate in 2016, I asked @realDonaldTrump: "If you don't get an actual check from the Mexican government for $8 billion or $10 billion or $12 billion, whatever it will cost, how are you going to make them pay for the wall?" Here's his response: pic.twitter.com/i7dQea8Ehi
— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) January 11, 2019
Sad! 