{"id":47206,"date":"2018-03-29T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/29\/mattis-trump-discuss-using-military-funds-for-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:45:21","slug":"mattis-trump-discuss-using-military-funds-for-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/03\/29\/mattis-trump-discuss-using-military-funds-for-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis, Trump discuss using military funds for border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis have discussed the possibility that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/budget\/2018\/03\/27\/trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">U.S. military front the costs <\/a>for a border wall, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe secretary has talked to the president about it,\u201d said Pentagon press secretary Dana White. \u201cSecuring Americans and securing the nation is of paramount importance to the secretary. They have talked about it but I don\u2019t have any more details as to specifics.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion budget into law last Friday. The bill provides $700 billion in 2018 and $716 billion in 2019 to the Defense Department, money Mattis and the service chiefs have repeatedly emphasized is critical to rebuilding military readiness and lethality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/977855968364171264\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover957863\">weet <\/a>on Sunday, Trump suggested that part of the Pentagon\u2019s new-found wealth could be used for the wall.<\/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 Trump tweeted early Sunday. \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<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/03\/27\/trump-privately-suggested-the-military-pay-for-a-border-wall-report-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-931540354.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump reportedly suggested the military pay for a border wall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump has been pushing behind closed doors for the Pentagon to pay for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a new report.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, Mattis told reporters that the newly signed budget gave the military \u201cthe best budget predictability we\u2019ve had in a dozen years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe do intend to get the planes back in the air, fully staffed squadrons back in the air, ships back to sea and the new gear built. In some cases, we\u2019re going to have to build even legacy gear,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cIn some cases, we don\u2019t have enough Air Force fighters, aircraft or a Navy fighter, a Marine fighter in the squadron \u2014 we can\u2019t fix them.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019ll take years,\u201d he said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/04\/02\/growing-readiness-woes-only-7-in-10-air-force-planes-are-ready-to-fly\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/air-aircraft-readiness-3.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Growing readiness woes: Only 7 in 10 Air Force planes are ready to fly<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">On March 22, as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un prepared to test-launch a missile and tensions rose on the volatile Korean peninsula, a lone B-1B Lancer bomber took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and flew across the Pacific on a Continuous Bomber Presence sortie.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White said it was a \u201cbridge too far\u201d to assume that military readiness would be hurt if DoD has to cut $25 billion from its spending plan to pay for the wall, instead of using those funds for DoD priorities, such as buying new aircraft to replace aging aircraft and increasing the size of the Navy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been an initial conversation,\u201d White said. \u201cThe president and the secretary, there\u2019s been no daylight between them with respect to ensuring that this military stays the most lethal in the world. 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