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July 13, 2020

Trump Claims Damaged Border Wall Funded by Backers Was Done to "Make Me Look Bad"
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President Trump lashed out Sunday against a section of wall along the
U.S.-Mexico border that was privately funded by his own supporters. The
three-mile barrier in the Rio Grande Valley was completed just months
ago with support from the pro-Trump nonprofit "We Build the Wall," whose
board of directors includes Trump allies Kris Kobach, Tom Tancredo and
Steve Bannon. The wall is already showing signs of heavy erosion. On
Sunday, Trump tweeted, "I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny)
section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money
by ads. It was only done to make me look bad." 


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