一份新报告称，唐纳德·特朗普总统非常渴望看到他长期承诺的边界墙在2020年总统选举前建成，以至于据报道，他已经承诺，如果助手为了完成任务不得不违反法律，他将赦免他们的任何“潜在不当行为”。
根据华盛顿邮报援引白宫内部不愿透露姓名的多方消息来源，特朗普越来越担心他的政府在实现他的边界墙愿景方面进展缓慢。
如同新闻周刊 据周二报道，美国海关和边境保护局迄今已完成了特朗普政府誓言要在2020年底前建成的450英里边墙的13%多一点。
该机构周日宣布，自2017年以来，它已在西南边境沿线修建了60多英里的“新边墙系统”，并表示有望在2020年底前达到450英里的目标。然而，这将意味着，如果该机构想要兑现这一承诺，它将不得不在未来16个月内再看到大约390英里的边境隔离墙。
根据张贴，特朗普痛苦地意识到，如果他的政府在2016年竞选中未能兑现关键的竞选承诺，将会对他的竞选造成多大损害。
据报道，这位美国领导人警告高级助手说，如果不能在选举前完成承诺的部分，将会令他的支持者感到非常失望，也是一次耻辱的失败。
“他说人们期望他建一堵墙，这必须由选举来完成，”一名前官员告诉该报。
据报道，在官员们暗示一些与修建隔离墙相关的命令不可行甚至不合法后，特朗普说:“别担心，我会原谅你”，暗示他愿意原谅助手们在修建他的边境隔离墙的过程中犯下的任何错误。
当官员们对承包程序和征用权的使用——政府征用私有财产并将其转化为公共用途的权力——表示担忧时，总统说他们应该“征用土地”。
尽管向助手施压，要求他们加快隔离墙的建造过程，特朗普并没有失去对隔离墙美学的关注，据报道，这位美国领导人还要求官员确保隔离墙被涂成黑色，顶端有锋利的尖端。
根据张贴，美国国土安全部和美国陆军工程兵部队正计划遵守这些要求，除了看到数百英里的新边界墙被修建之外，美国陆军工程兵部队预计将指示承包商在新建的障碍物上涂上黑色油漆或涂料。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在前往加州参观拟议中的边界墙原型之前回答了媒体的问题。据报道，这位美国领导人向助手施压，要求他们在2020年总统选举前修建他的边墙。
DONALD TRUMP DEMANDS AIDES SEE BORDER WALL BUILT BEFORE ELECTION DAY—AND HE'LL PARDON THEM IF THEY BREAK THE LAW: REPORT
President Donald Trump is so desperate to see his long-promised border wall built before the 2020 presidential election that he has reportedly promised to pardon aides for any "potential wrongdoing" should they have to break laws in order to get the job done, a new report claims.
According to The Washington Post which cited multiple sources inside the White House who spoke on condition of anonymity, Trump has grown increasingly worried over the slow progress his administration has made on bringing his border wall vision to fruition.
As Newsweek reported on Tuesday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has so far completed just over 13 percent of the construction of the 450 miles of border wall that the Trump administration has vowed to see built by the end of 2020.
The agency announced on Sunday that it had constructed more than 60 miles of "new border wall system" along the southwest border since 2017 and suggested that it was on track to reach its 450 mile goal by the end of 2020. However, that will mean that the agency will have to see roughly 390 more miles of border wall built over the next 16 months if it wants to make good on that promise.
According to the Post, Trump is painfully aware of just how damaging it could be to his campaign if his administration fails to deliver on what was a keystone campaign promise in his 2016 election campaign.
The U.S. leader reportedly warned senior aides that failing to complete the promised portions of the wall before the election would be a major letdown to his supporters, as well as a humiliating defeat.
"He said people expected him to build a wall, and it had to be done by the election," one former official told the newspaper.
After officials suggested that some orders related to the wall's construction would be unfeasible or even illegal, Trump reportedly said: "Don't worry, I'll pardon you," suggesting that he would be willing to pardon aides for any wrongdoing in the bid to see his border wall built.
When officials raised concerns about contracting procedures and the use of eminent domain—the government's power to take private property and convert it into public use—the president said they should just "take the land."
Despite pressuring aides to speed up the process of the wall's construction, Trump has not lost focus on the aesthetics of the partition, with the U.S. leader also reportedly demanding that officials ensure the barriers are painted black and topped with sharpened tips.
According to the Post, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning to adhere to those demands, with the latter expected to instruct contractors to apply black paint or coating to newly built barriers, in addition to seeing hundreds of miles of fresh border wall built.
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the media before traveling to California to view prototypes of a proposed border wall. The U.S. leader is reportedly pressuring aides to see his border wall built before the 2020 presidential election.
