President Donald Trump contradicted White House chief of staff John Kelly’s late Wednesday comments in a pair of tweets Thursday morning.
Kelly had stated the president’s position on a border wall had evolved since the 2016 election.
The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it. Parts will be, of necessity, see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2018
….The Wall will be paid for, directly or indirectly, or through longer term reimbursement, by Mexico, which has a ridiculous $71 billion dollar trade surplus with the U.S. The $20 billion dollar Wall is “peanuts” compared to what Mexico makes from the U.S. NAFTA is a bad joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2018
The tweets followed Kelly’s Wednesday evening interview on Fox News, where he claimed “this president, if you see what he has done, he has changed the way he has looked at a number of things.
“He’s very definitely changed his attitude toward DACA and even the wall.”
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