Trump says he wants a border wall like Shanksville's 'perfect' 9/11 memorial

President Trump and Melania Trump at the 9/11 memorial in Shanksville, PA.
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President Trump wasn't just cheering on his way to a 9/11 memorial service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. He was also apparently scoping out ideas for his border wall.

While thanking America's "brave patriots" at a somber service earlier this month, Trump also noticed the "gorgeous wall where the plane went down," he said in an interview with The Hill on Tuesday.

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Trump has long pressed for a wall between the two countries, though he hasn't been able to secure enough funding and has seemingly given up on asking Mexico to pay for it. Still, Trump remained "hopeful he can deliver" on his perennial campaign statement during the interview, The Hill notes.

We'll leave you with the whole absurd statement below. Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.