Ari Melber: Trump’s Not Fulfilling Campaign Promise With Shutdown, He’s Breaking It

MSNBC’s Ari Melber tonight said President Donald Trump getting the shutdown isn’t him fulfilling his campaign promise on the border wall––he’s breaking it.

“Donald Trump promised Americans they would never pay for the wall because Mexico would pay,” he said. “And then he failed to get that money from Mexico despite two years when his party actually controlled Washington. So Trump shuts down the government to break his pledge and try to make Americans pay for the wall.”

He showed clips of Trump saying multiple times during the campaign that Mexico will pay for the wall, as well as the President’s comments in front of cameras weeks ago saying he would be proud to shut down the government in the name of fighting for border security.

The President tweeted this morning that Mexico will be paying for the wall “through the new USMCA Trade Deal”:

Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal. Much of the Wall has already been fully renovated or built. We have done a lot of work. $5.6 Billion Dollars that House has approved is very little in comparison to the benefits of National Security. Quick payback!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2019

You can watch above, via MSNBC.

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