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Robert Reich: Come on. Mexico is not going to reimburse the United States for building this wall. What -- how are we going to force…

On the recordJanuary 4, 2017
Come on. Mexico is not going to reimburse the United States for building this wall. What -- how are we going to force Mexico to reimburse the United States? This is an absurd conversation.
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Robert Reich

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Reich criticizes the idea that Mexico will reimburse the U.S. for the border wall, calling it unrealistic.

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