Trump's idea to have military pay for & build the wall came from Coulter on Jeanine Pirro's show

[highplainsdem]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-wants-to-use-the-military-to-pay-for-his-wall-report

The night before Trump tweeted about using military funding to pay for the wall, conservative commentator Ann Coulter told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro that border protection is an issue of national security.

"[We] engage in a lot of military actions around the world. I think it can be done right on our border as part of the defense, have the Seabees do it," Coulter said, referring to naval mobile construction battalions.

"Where does he get the money to build the wall that you say he can build as national defense? Where does he take the money from?" Pirro asked.

"The same place Reagan took the money to invade Granada, the same place [Trump] took the money to bomb Syria. He has money to spend on national defense," Coulter responded.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Those two were going at it Fri night.

I remember since I was making my sign for the protest and I heard this on MSNBC and I was thrilled. Anything that pissed Coulter off makes me happy. She told "the judge" that the Moron should be impeached over this and the judge disagreed with Ann and tried to defend the Moron. The topic has gained steam in the past 4 days (after the Stormy storm and the Gun Protests he needed something new to tweet about).

[HipChick]

2. So basically our taxpayer money is going for this idiot to watch TV

he has no ideas of his own...

[ProudLib72]

5. He has no one left to advise him

And the man with the best ideas certainly will not reach out to experts for advice. Better to recall Rob Porter and hire Disney actress Caroline Sunshine.

[JDC]

3. It's where all the best ideas are hatched!

[Orange Free State]

4. I thought Mexico was going to pay for it.

Maybe he means the MEXICAN military will pay for it. It will come out of the Mexagon’s budget.

[Major Nikon]

6. Dum idea that aint gonna fly

Congress allocates money for specific purposes. Spend it on something else and you’re breaking the law.

[TomSlick]

10. Pretty basic. Money can only be spent for the purpose for which appropriated.

I don't remember much from long-ago Army JAG courses on federal procurement law but I do remember that appropriated funds can only be spent for the purpose for which appropriated.

[John Fante]

7. It's almost comical how desperate Ann is for that wall.

Despicable to the core.

[procon]

8. The United States of Fox News ?

Trump might as well move the entire stable of Fox News celebrity hosts into the WH and make them advisors, replace the cabinet secretaries and turn the government into a reality TV show.

[Lucinda]

9. ...

[TeamPooka]

11. He wants to launder money to build the wall through the military. This is what he does with

the building deals TrumpCo puts together.
They lump money from several sources together, or funnel cash payments.
This is money laundering and that's what he wants to do with Americans tax dollars.

[lpbk2713]

12. There's no military objective in building this political wall.

This is another misappropriation of resources by Trump.