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Donald Trump: “Mexico paid a lot of money toward our wall.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Donald Trump campaigning in Juneau, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 1:06:16

And they said, mister president, we've decided that we would love to do it. We would love to do it. They paid a big price. Mexico paid a lot of money toward our wall. let me tell you. They gave us great security. They had a lot of soldiers, thousands and thousands of soldiers. I said, free of charge. I'm not reimbursed. I didn't have. (1:06:16–1:06:19)

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Asserts that Mexico contributed financially to the construction of the border wall.

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