Build (a small fraction of) the wall: Spending bill funds just 33 miles of U.S. border barrier

Build (a small fraction of) the wall: Spending bill funds just 33 miles of U.S. border barrier

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 President Donald Trump first threatened to veto and then signed Congress’s massive spending bill that appropriates funds for only a fraction of the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tweeted on March 23: “I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the […]

Mexico’s president cancels White House visit after Trump refuses to cave on border wall

Mexico’s president cancels White House visit after Trump refuses to cave on border wall

by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto called off his tentatively planned visit to the White House after a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump in which Trump refused to yield on his stance that Mexico pay for a proposed border wall. During a 50-minute conversation on Feb. 20, Pena […]

Bragging rights for a president who builds things and speaks his mind

Bragging rights for a president who builds things and speaks his mind

by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 As he closes in on one year in office, doesn’t President Donald Trump have “every reason to be rather high on himself”? “What is there to be humble about?” asks R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor in chief of The American Spectator. “In his first year in office he has […]

Here comes the wall: Trump rolls out prototypes for testing

Here comes the wall: Trump rolls out prototypes for testing

by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2017 Five of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump’s border wall have been completed. The president shared a montage of construction work footage on Twitter. The Department of Homeland Security said it will being to test the designs next week to determine which ones best prevent illegal aliens from entering […]

Former congressman explains why Ryan, GOP oppose the Wall

Former congressman explains why Ryan, GOP oppose the Wall

by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2017 House Speaker Paul Ryan said he believed just “one member” of the House wanted to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, a former congressman said. The speaker made the comments at a private dinner earlier this year, Breitbart News reported, citing multiple sources with direct knowledge of the comments, […]