NEW: Donald Trump to reportedly request $8.6 billion more in border wall funding from Congress
President Donald Trump is set to ask Congress for $8.6 billion in taxpayer money for his border wall proposal.
Sources familiar with the president's 2020 budget request told Reuters it includes $5 billion from the Department of Homeland Security budget and $3.6 billion from the Pentagon's military construction budget. The budget plan also sets aside $3.6 million in military construction funding as payback for any projects delayed by creation of the wall.
Mexican and U.S. officials outside of Trump are in agreement the country's southern neighbor has no intention of paying the billions in wall costs, particularly after this latest request for U.S. taxpayer dollars. However, Trump tweaked his payment claims during this year's government shutdown and said Mexico will pay"indirectly" because of a"great new trade deal" that benefits the U.S.
“It gives the president the ability to say he has fulfilled his commitment to gain operational control of the southwest border,” an administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters of the budget request.
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