Fact check: will Mexico pay for Trump’s border wall?

US president claims Mexico will indirectly fund his long-promised wall through new trade deal

Donald Trump
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Donald Trump has claimed that Mexico will indirectly pay for his border wall, as Democrats and the White House remain deadlocked over funding and a partial government shutdown continues.

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