Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall proposal wouldn't mark the first time he tried to get someone else to foot the bill for a wall that he built. In fact, that's exactly what happened when the presumptive GOP nominee was engaged in a fierce property battle while building a golf course in Scotland:
During a dispute over property lines, workers ripped out a fence near the home of David and Moira Milne, who live in a converted coast-guard station on a hill above the golf course. The Trump workers installed their own fence — and then sent the Milnes a bill for it. [The Washington Post]
The Milnes refused to pay the bill — which doesn't bode well for Trump's plans for Mexico to fund the border wall if he wins the presidential election. You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Read the rest of Trump's troubles building his golf course in Scotland over at The Washington Post.
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