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Donald Trump: “We built more wall than we said. We're going to build 400…”

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

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Donald Trump delivers speech at rally in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 55:45

Everything is bad. The border is bad. We'll say $1,000 to anybody that can name something with no, but think of it. Illegal aliens. The immigration, the border. You know, We built more wall than we said. We're going to build 400 miles. We built 561 miles of wall. We then ordered another 200 because, like water, you know, you think you've got it, but they start walking around it a little bit. So we ordered another 200. (55:45–55:51)

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Asserts that 561 miles of border wall were built, exceeding the initial goal.

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