By Haley Britzky and Lazaro Gamio | Axios
At a rally in Phoenix on Monday night, President Trump said he’d build the border wall even “if we have to close down our government.”
Why it matters: This is a new development in how Trump plans to ensure the wall gets built. The wall was central to Trump’s campaign and a key point for his supporters. Here’s how his plans for it have shifted over time:
June 2015
We’re building a wall
Trump officially announces his candidacy for President, and promises that he will “build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me…I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”
On MSNBC, Trump says the wall would cost “probably $8 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico…Mexico is going to pay for the wall.”
