How funding Donald Trumps border wall could go south real quickly for Republicans [View all]

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How funding Donald Trump’s border wall could go south real quickly for Republicans

By Amber Phillips

@byamberphillips

January 6 at 10:20 AM

If Donald Trump's vision that Mexico would pay for his border wall seems unrealistic, the notion that taxpayers are going to pay for it is likely just as unrealistic, say budget experts.

And yet that's exactly what it looks like Republicans are planning to do: The Post's Mike DeBonis reports that in the decided absence of an agreement from Mexico to pay for it (their leaders have scoffed at the idea), Republicans in Congress are looking at how to fund a wall or fence of indeterminate billions of dollars with taxpayer money, and then hope Mexico pays for it later.

But moving forward with that plan would put Republicans and Trump in some very awkward political positions, and it could even lead to a potential government shutdown this spring.

“This would be a huge and ridiculous overreach by Republicans,” said nonpartisan budget expert Stan Collender. ... Let's break down how funding a border wall could go south real quickly for Republicans in Washington.