We were 500 and some odd miles of wall. A lot of wall. And it was working. We used the mexican government. They paid a fortune. The Mexican government gave us 28,000 soldiers to protect our border. I said, they're coming through your country. You're going to do it. They said, no, I'm not. To the president of Mexico, who I got along with great, but he said, I won't do that. (1:05:26–1:05:32)
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