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On the recordFebruary 14, 2019
Everything else we have so much, as I said, I don't know what to do with it. We have so much money. On the wall, they skimped. So, I did -- I was successful in that sense. But I want to do it faster. I could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn't need to do this. But I would rather do it much faster.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump discusses his reasoning behind declaring a national emergency for border wall funding, indicating impatience rather than necessity.

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