{"id":43736,"date":"2018-03-27T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T19:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/27\/trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:04:21","slug":"trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2018\/03\/27\/trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump reportedly suggested the military pay for a border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"727\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18469\" data-id=\"18469\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608762.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608762.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608762.jpg.jpg?resize=300,182 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608762.jpg.jpg?resize=768,465 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608762.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,620 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump drives past a U.S.-Mexico border fence as he heads for an inspection of  border wall prototypes in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2018. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18476\" data-id=\"18476\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532836.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532836.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532836.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532836.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532836.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">US President Donald Trump inspects border wall prototypes in San Diego, California on March 13, 2018. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18490\" data-id=\"18490\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532194.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532194.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532194.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532194.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931532194.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump makes his first trip to California as president. The state is the most populous in the country and a Democratic stronghold. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"791\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18495\" data-id=\"18495\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931529242.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931529242.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931529242.jpg.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931529242.jpg.jpg?resize=768,506 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931529242.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,675 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The president has warned there would be &#8220;bedlam&#8221; without the controversial wall he wants to build on the border with Mexico. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18503\" data-id=\"18503\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931585706.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931585706.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931585706.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931585706.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931585706.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Supporters of President Donald Trump display signs during a rally attended by about 500 people in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2018, where he was visiting the nearby border wall protoypes. (Bill Wechter\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18508\" data-id=\"18508\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931535856.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931535856.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931535856.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931535856.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931535856.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Demonstrators place a banner reading &#8220;Trump stop massive deportations,&#8221; during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s migration policies on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. (Guillermo Arias\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"806\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18513\" data-id=\"18513\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608170.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608170.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608170.jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608170.jpg.jpg?resize=768,516 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931608170.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,688 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The president&#8217;s trip to the Golden State was largely upstaged by his own announcement that he had sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18518\" data-id=\"18518\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931545836.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931545836.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931545836.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931545836.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931545836.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a poster of before and after photos of a segment of the border wall prototypes with Chief Patrol Agent Rodney S. Scott, right, in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2018. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18523\" data-id=\"18523\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump inspects U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2018. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump is been pushing behind closed doors for the Pentagon to pay for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2018\/03\/14\/trump-inspects-us-mexico-border-wall-prototypes\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">border wall<\/a> between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a new report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-privately-presses-for-military-to-pay-for-border-wall\/2018\/03\/27\/d79907a2-31c9-11e8-9759-56e51591e250_story.html?utm_term=.26b1bdf4ecf8\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Trump suggested it in recent days to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and several advisers, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, as a means of addressing a national security risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan reportedly offered little reaction to the idea and senior Capitol Hill officials later told the newspaper it was an unlikely prospect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump reportedly noted in a separate meeting with senior aides that the Pentagon would be able to afford it after the passage of the $1.3 trillion federal spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/03\/23\/after-veto-threat-trump-signs-full-year-federal-budget-deal\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">package<\/a> on Friday. In it, the Pentagon received about $700 billion, while Trump\u2019s border wall got $1.6 billion of the $25 billion he sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders neither confirmed nor denied the report. She affirmed the administration is committed to the project and that Trump would work with White House counsel to ensure any action he takes is \u201cwithin his rights and executive authority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the weekend, Trump hinted at his idea on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause of the $700 &amp; $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich,\u201d the tweet read. \u201cBuilding a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two advisors told the Post that the \u201cM\u201d stood for \u201cmilitary,\u201d though Trump has said previously that Mexico would pay for the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Pentagon official told the Post that shifting money appropriated to the military would require an act of Congress. An amendment to amend the fiscal 2019 budget would require 60 votes in the Senate, but Republicans hold a slim 51-49 seat majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst Mexico was supposed to pay for it, then U.S. taxpayers, and now our men and women in uniform? This would be a blatant misuse of military funds and tied up in court for years,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement to the Post. \u201cSecretary Mattis ought not bother and instead use the money to help our troops, rather than advance the president\u2019s political fantasies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders said Tuesday that Trump is still considering ways for Mexico to pay or the border wall, though she declined to provide specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can tell you that the continuation of building the wall is ongoing, and we\u2019re going to continue moving forward in that process,\u201d Sanders told reporters at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Sanders declined to elaborate on whether using military funds would actually be pursued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to get into the specifics,\u201d she said, adding that the wall is \u201cnecessary to defend the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has 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