Trump says spending $5 billion on a border wall 'would save billions of dollars'

Donald Trump.
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President Trump is desperately looking for someone to foot his border wall bill.

In a Monday morning tweet, Trump reiterated his newest wall-related messaging, saying America "would save billions of dollars if the Democrats would give us the votes to build" a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. He also suggested that, if it doesn't work out, America "will close the southern border" to keep people from "illegally" entering the country.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

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.