唐纳德·特朗普总统第一次发起2016年竞选时，他承诺重建美国，首先在美国和墨西哥之间修建一道“美丽”的边界墙。
此后的几年里，人们逐渐认识到的“墙”已经成为特朗普总统任期本身的象征，总统把他的大部分遗产都寄托在它的成功完成上。
在这一年中，总统发誓要在2020年底前完成至少450英里的边界隔离墙。如果他成功做到这一点，这将是他的政府的一个重大胜利。然而，如果他不这样做，不管2020年选举的结果如何，这将是一次耻辱的失败
特朗普能否实现他的目标还有待观察。然而，随着2019年的临近，总统到目前为止只设法建造了不到100英里的他承诺的边界屏障。
在提供给新闻周刊，美国海关和边境保护局表示，截至12月27日，特朗普政府已经监督了98英里“新边境墙系统”的建设
这98英里都是“代替破旧过时的设计”建造的，然而，正如民主党人很快指出的那样，从技术上讲，特朗普政府还没有建造一英里全新的边界墙。
CBP表示，全新屏障的建设目前正在进行中。然而，如果特朗普想要兑现他长期以来的承诺，工作人员仍需要在2020年底前看到总共352英里的建设。
在发送给新闻周刊，特朗普竞选团队副新闻秘书丹尼尔·布切利(Daniel Bucheli)表示，“谈到让我们的国家更安全、保护我们的边境、执行我们的法律以及帮助阻止非法移民，特朗普总统信守了他的承诺。”
布切利说，总统“在2020年再次当选后”也将继续信守承诺。
特朗普竞选团队表示，仍有信心总统将在2020年底前实现监督450英里边界隔离墙建设的目标。
它补充说，目前已经有140英里正在建设中，未来一年的进一步开发计划正在进行中。
然而，尽管特朗普竞选团队充满信心，就连CBP现任领导层也对政府能否实现其雄心勃勃的目标表示怀疑。
“我们在2020年底的目标是450英里，”该机构代理专员马克·摩根最近告诉记者。
“现在很难说我们是否还能实现那个目标，但我相信我们会很接近，”他说。
随着11月的选举临近截止日期，选民们在前往投票站之前，将会更清楚特朗普的边墙是一个壮举还是一个失败。这一消息是否会对总统连任产生任何影响，只有时间会证明。
2019年2月11日，德克萨斯州埃尔帕索，唐纳德·特朗普总统在埃尔帕索县体育馆的集会上发表讲话。总统发誓要在2020年底前看到450英里长的边墙建成。
TRUMP HAS BUILT NEARLY 100 MILES OF BORDER WALL BY END OF 2019, WITH 350 MILES TO GO IN 2020
When President Donald Trump first launched his 2016 election campaign, he promised to rebuild America, starting with the construction of a "beautiful" border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
In the years since, the "wall" as it has come to be known, has become a symbol of Trump's presidency itself, with the president pinning much of his legacy on its successful completion.
Over the course of the year, the president has vowed to see at least 450 miles of the border barrier completed before the end of 2020. If he succeeds in doing so, it will be a major victory for his administration. If he does not, however, it will be a humiliating defeat, regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election.
Whether Trump can meet his goal remains to be seen. However, as 2019 comes to a close, the president has so far only managed to build just under 100 miles of his promised border barriers.
In a border wall status report provided to Newsweek, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said that as of December 27th, the Trump administration had overseen the construction of 98 miles of "new border wall system."
Those 98 miles have all been constructed "in place of dilapidated and outdated designs," however, so as Democrats have been quick to point out, the Trump administration technically speaking has yet to build a single mile of brand new border wall.
CBP has said that construction on brand new barriers is currently underway. However, crews will still need to see a total of 352 miles built before the end of 2020 if Trump wants to make good on his long-held promise.
In a statement sent to Newsweek, Trump campaign team deputy press secretary Daniel Bucheli, said that "when it comes to making our country safer, securing our border, enforcing our laws and helping stop illegal immigration, President Trump has kept his promises."
Bucheli said the president would continue to keep his promises as well "after he is re-elected in 2020."
The Trump campaign team said that it was still confident that the president would reach his goal of overseeing the construction of 450 miles of border barrier before 2020's end.
It added, there are already 140 miles currently under construction, with plans for further development to get underway in the year ahead.
Despite the Trump campaign's confidence, however, even CBP's current leadership has expressed doubt that the administration will be able to meet its ambitious goal.
"Our goal at the end of 2020 was 450 miles," Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner for the agency recently told reporters.
"It's hard right now to be able to say whether we're still going to be able to meet that goal, but I'm confident that we're going to be close," he said.
With November's election coming up just before the deadline, voters will have a more clear idea on whether Trump's border wall will be a feat or failure before they head to the polls. Whether that revelation will have any impact on the president's chances of re-election, only time will tell.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the El Paso County Coliseum on February 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The president has vowed to see 450 miles of border wall built before the end of 2020.
