MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2018) US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States has already spent $3.5 billion erecting the wall on the Mexican border.
"We are building the wall, it's already started. We've spent 3.5 billion on it, we are asking for 5 billion for this year's funding," Trump told FOX news broadcaster in an interview.
The issue of irregular migration has long been a stumbling bloc in Mexico's relations with the United States, with Trump having repeatedly pledged to build a wall on the southern border in order to stop illegal migration, as well as human and narcotics trafficking. Building the wall was one of Trump's key pre-election promises.
