Trump: 'Eventually' Mexico Will Pay for Wall

President Donald Trump on Sunday reasserted that Mexico will pay – "eventually" – for his proposed border wall.

Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2017

In another tweet Sunday, the president complained Democrats are a roadblock to building the wall as Congress gets ready for budget negotiations this week to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown.

The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2017

Separately, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed funding for the border wall during an interview on ABC News' "This Week."

"We're going to get it paid for one way or the other," he said.

"I can't imagine the Democrats would shut down the government over an objection to building a down payment on a wall that can end the lawlessness."

"Our goal is not to reduce it 50, 60, 70 percent but to end illegality, create a lawful system of immigration where people apply to come here, they wait their turn."

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