唐纳德·特朗普总统重新点燃了他2016年的选举誓言，要看到墨西哥为他长期承诺的美墨边界墙的建设买单。
周二，在新泽西州维尔德伍德市维尔德伍德会议中心海滨的一次竞选集会上，奥巴马总统向支持者发表讲话，庆祝最近的一次法庭胜利，这使他得以推进动用36亿美元的军事建设资金来修建他的边墙的计划。
“钱赢了，”特朗普说。“我们现在正在建造那堵美丽的墙。”
总统说，隔离墙“正在以创纪录的速度上升”，工程刚刚超过100英里。
特朗普表示:“明年，我们将超过400英里，此后不久就将完工。”尽管他此前曾发誓要在2020年底前看到至少450英里的边墙建成。
特朗普没有重申他的450英里目标，但他重新点燃了过去的另一个承诺:让墨西哥为他的墙买单。
“但是，墨西哥，事实上，你很快就会发现，支付墙，好吗？”特朗普说。
“墨西哥最终非常好地支付了这道墙的费用，”他补充道。
此前，美国海关和边境保护局报告称，迄今为止，总统边境墙的价格至少达到110亿美元。
在本月早些时候发布的一份状态报告中，CBP表示，它已经确定了110亿美元用于建造576英里的新“边境墙系统”
特朗普在总统声明中誓言要“修建一座长城”，并“让墨西哥为长城买单”然而，在此后的几年里，总统已经放弃了这一承诺，墨西哥甚至同意为隔离墙的建设做出贡献的可能性似乎越来越小。
目前还不清楚特朗普是否有任何证据支持他的新主张，即美国的南方邻居实际上将承担这笔费用。
唐纳德·特朗普总统于2020年1月28日晚上在新泽西州维尔德伍德会议中心的“保持美国伟大集会”上发表讲话。总统重申了他的主张，即墨西哥将为他长期承诺的边境隔离墙的建设买单。
然而，总统此前曾声称墨西哥将通过美国-墨西哥-加拿大协议支付隔离墙的费用一篇文章中提到的政治事实特朗普周二的竞选集会目前的情况是，美国-墨西哥-加拿大贸易协定中没有关于隔离墙的条款。
迄今为止，特朗普政府已经设法看了100多英里建造的围墙。国土安全部在第100英里的墙上安装了一块匾，标志着这一里程碑。
尽管如此，为了实现特朗普在2020年底前建造至少450英里的最初誓言，特朗普政府仍需要在年底前建造大约350英里。
新闻周刊已联系特朗普的竞选团队，以及白宫和墨西哥政府发表评论。
TRUMP REIGNITES CLAIM MEXICO WILL BE PAYING FOR HIS BORDER WALL: 'SOON YOU WILL FIND OUT'
President Donald Trump has reignited his 2016 election vow to see Mexico pay for the construction of his long-promised border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
Speaking to supporters at a campaign rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center Oceanfront in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Tuesday, the president celebrated a recent court victory allowing him to push forward with plans to use $3.6 billion in military construction funds for the development of his border wall.
"The money is won," Trump said. "And we are now building that beautiful wall."
The wall, the president said, "is going up at record speed," with the project having just surpassed 100 miles.
"And next year, we'll be over 400 miles and shortly thereafter it will be complete," Trump said, despite having previously vowed to see at least 450 miles of the border wall built by the end of 2020.
While Trump fell short of reiterating his 450-mile goal, he did reignite another promise from the past: to make Mexico pay for his wall.
"But, Mexico is, in fact, you will soon find out, paying for the wall, okay?" Trump said.
"The wall is ultimately and very nicely being paid for by Mexico," he added.
The claim comes after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency reported that the price tag for the president's border wall had, so far, come to at least $11 billion.
In a status report issued earlier this month, CBP said it had identified $11 billion in order to construct 576 miles of new "border wall system."
In his presidential announcement speech, Trump had vowed to "build a great wall" and "have Mexico pay for that wall." In the years since, however, the president has backed away from that promise, with the possibility of Mexico agreeing to even contribute to the barrier's construction appearing increasingly unlikely.
It is unclear whether Trump has any evidence to support his renewed claim that the U.S.'s southern neighbor will, in fact, be footing the bill.
President Donald Trump speaks at an evening “Keep America Great Rally” at the Wildwood Convention Center on January 28, 2020 in Wildwood, New Jersey. The president has renewed his claim that Mexico will pay for the construction of his long-promised border wall.
The president had previously claimed that Mexico would pay for the wall through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), however, as Politifact noted in an article fact-checking Trump's campaign rally on Tuesday, as it stands, there is no such provision for the wall in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
So far, the Trump administration has managed to see just over 100 miles of the border wall constructed. The Department of Homeland Security marked the milestone by installing a plaque on the 100th mile of wall.
Still, in order to meet Trump's initial vow for at least 450 miles to be constructed before the end of 2020, the Trump administration would still need to see roughly 350 miles built before the end of the year.
Newsweek has contacted Trump's campaign team, as well as the White House and Mexican government for comment.
