Trump accuses 'lame duck' Paul Ryan of breaking promise to fund border wall when GOP held Congress

2019-02-01
Source: WashingtonGuardian
by: Lukas Mikelionis

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President Trump lashed out against former House Speaker Paul Ryan in an interview published on Wednesday, saying he broke his word to fund the U.S.-Mexico border wall while Republicans controlled both the House and Senate if Trump signed the unpopular 2018 omnibus bill.

Trump’s harsh words towards Ryan, who retired from the House late 2018, were made in the context of the $1.3 trillion spending bill signed in March that avoided a government shutdown, but didn’t live up to the president’s campaign promise of funding the border wall.

“Well, I was going to veto the omnibus bill and Paul told me in the strongest of language, 'Please don't do that. We'll get you the wall.' And I said, 'I hope you mean that, because I don't like this bill,"' Trump told the Daily Caller.

"Paul told me in the strongest of terms that, 'Please sign this and if you sign this we will get you that wall.' Which is desperately needed by our country. Humanitarian crisis, trafficking, drugs, you know, everything — people, criminals, gangs, so, you know, we need the wall,” he added.

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