Trump has walls on his mind as he fights for border money

WASHINGTON (AP) — Everywhere President Donald Trump looks, he sees a wall.

As he lobbies for money for his long-promised border wall, Trump keeps talking up other barricades. He's pointing to walls in Israel, at the Vatican, even at former President Barack Obama's house — though fact checkers have pushed back on the accuracy of some of his claims.

With bricks and mortar on his mind, Trump declared at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, "Walls work."

He added: "There's a reason why politicians and wealthy people build walls around their houses and their compounds. President Obama recently built a w...

 

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