How Expensive Is Trump’s Border Wall?

10 billion? 4 billion? 25 billion? The cost of President Trump’s border wall is so unclear, even he can’t give a consistent figure.

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00:00The wall's probably $8 billion.

00:02The wall's going to cost $10 billion, maybe $12 billion, depending.

00:06I think for $18 billion or less, we're going to have a great wall.

00:18Let's say the wall costs $4 billion. You know, they say $10 billion.

00:22That means $4 billion, if you know what you're doing.

00:24You mean to tell me I can't take $7 billion and build a wall?

00:28If the wall costs $6 billion to build, and you know, we're talking about 1,000 miles.

00:34It's 2,000, but you need it on 1,000.

00:36The wall is $10 billion to $12 billion if I do it.

00:40If these guys do it, it'll end up costing $200 billion.

00:44They did agree to a $25 billion wall, of which I'll have a lot of money left over.

00:47And the $4 billion will be much bigger, much better, much stronger than the $10 billion.

00:52Believe me.

00:53$1.6 billion. We're asking for $5 billion.

00:56We're building the wall. It's already started. We've spent $3.2 billion.

01:02The plan includes $5.7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall.

01:11We're going to build a wall. It's going to be a great wall.

01:12How are you going to get Mexico to pay for that?

01:14Mexico is going to pay for it.

01:15How?

01:16Because they're making a fortune.

01:17Obviously, they're not going to write a check.

01:20But they are paying for the wall indirectly,

01:23many, many times over, by the really great trade deal we just made.