The wall between U.S. and Mexico - one of Donald Trump's most infamous campaign promises. But is it even really possible? The border is 1,954 miles (that's 3,145 km): a wall that long would only be rivaled in length by the Great Wall of China, which was built over hundreds of years. A price projection by the Department of Homeland Security estimated Trump's wall to end up costing roughly $21.6 billion dollars - and that's not even including maintenance, which would add astronomically to the price. The current federal budget only included $18 billion from the wall ... where would the other $3.6 billion (and more for maintenance) come from? Trump's bank account? Sure, that's a small cost in comparison to how much the federal budget amounted to in total (trillions), but Congress Democrats will doubtfully approve a cent more than they have. Reuters also says that it could take 3.5 years to build the wall, and Trump could be out of office by then. Sure, it would create thousands of jobs, but it's too much government dollars to be practical.
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