President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday night his promise to build a wall along the nation's southern border "is way ahead of schedule."
At a rally in Nashville, Tenn., Trump assured a campaign-style rally crowd "We will build the wall, don't even think about it."
A video of the rally can be viewed on C-SPAN.org and The Washington Post.
"In fact, as you have probably read, we went out to bid – we had hundreds of bidders, everybody wants to build our wall," he laughed.
"Usually, that means we are going to get a good price," he continued. "We are going to get a good price, believe me. We are going to build a wall."
Trump's budget includes $4 billion for the border wall.
"Some of the fake news said, 'I don't think Donald Trump wants to build a wall,'" he added. "Can you imagine if I said, 'We are not going to build a wall'?"
"Now, the wall is way ahead of schedule in terms of where we are," he declared. "It is under design, and you are going to see some very good things happening – but the border by itself right now is doing very well. It is becoming very strong."
"Gen. [John] Kelly has done a great job," he said, referring to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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