claim: says mexico can afford to build a wall because the country's trade deficit with america is billions of dollars.
author: donald trump
evidence_1: jan 8, 2019 ... more than 200 times, trump promised that mexico would pay for the wall. ... “i  would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, ...  for the wall because of a reworking of the north american free trade ... flow of  billions of dollars that mexican immigrants sent home unless mexico ...
evidence_2: jan 4, 2019 ... $5.6 billion dollars that house has approved is very little in ... the u.s.  government is in a partial shutdown as trump and ... and the deal, literally, does  not include any language saying mexico will pay the united states for the wall. ...  that mexico can afford to build a wall because mexico's trade surplus with ...
evidence_3: jan 2, 2019 ... fact check: has construction of trump's border wall started? .... as a result of the  north american free trade agreement, the united ... “the united states looses  soooo much money on trade with mexico under nafta, over 75 billion dollars a  year ... countries do not “lose” or make money on trade deficits.
evidence_4: jul 21, 2016 ... getting rid of the trade deficit could very well make america less great. ...  residents of bananaland want cars, so they buy $2 million of them from ...  similarly, it's true that the united states has a $58 billion trade deficit with mexico,  ... the country is making less stuff, and as a result there are fewer jobs.
evidence_5: jan 27, 2017 ... a close look at trade between the two countries shows the answer is not cut and  dry. ... to pay for a border wall and what the new president views as an unfair  trade ... the u.s. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with mexico. ... don't blame  nafta or china's joining the wto, says economist brad delong. as ...