Trump says seeing 'gorgeous wall' at Flight 93 memorial renewed resolve to build Mexican border wall

Trump says that seeing ‘gorgeous wall’ at Flight 93 memorial renewed his resolve to build stalled Mexican border wall when mourned 9/11 victims

Trump tells Hill.TV in interview that visit on 9/11 to Shanksville, PA, memorial at site of Flight 93 crashing inspired him to continue with his wall
‘They built this gorgeous wall where the plane went down in Pennsylvania, Shanksville,’ he told outlet
Stalled border wall remains Trump priority but has no funding in the latest spending bill passed by the Senate and headed to the House for vote there

By Associated Press

Published: 19:55 BST, 19 September 2018 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 20 September 2018

President Donald Trump says the September 11 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, renewed his resolve to push for his stalled southern border wall.

Trump told Hill.TV in an interview published Wednesday that he marveled at the Flight 93 National Memorial during a visit last week.

Trump tells the outlet, ‘They built this gorgeous wall where the plane went down in Pennsylvania, Shanksville.’

He says, ‘What they did is incredible,’ adding: ‘They have a series of walls, I’m saying, it’s like perfect. So, so, we are pushing very hard.’

Trump also told the outlet that he’s planning to take new immigration action soon.

He says he’ll ‘be doing things over the next two weeks having to do with immigration, which I think you’ll be very impressed at.’

'Gorgeous wall': Donald and Melania Trump were shown the memorial to those who died in Flight 93 last week as they marked the anniversary of 9/11

‘Gorgeous wall’: Donald and Melania Trump were shown the memorial to those who died in Flight 93 last week as they marked the anniversary of 9/11

Time for remembering: Trump now says that the sight of the walls at the Flight 93 National Memorial made him think of building his Mexican wall

Time for remembering: Trump now says that the sight of the walls at the Flight 93 National Memorial made him think of building his Mexican wall

Existing barrier: Trump wants to see a more solid barrier than this across the whole Mexican border; the Senate ha snot allocated any money for it

Existing barrier: Trump wants to see a more solid barrier than this across the whole Mexican border; the Senate ha snot allocated any money for it

He declined to say what.

The issue of funding the wall was no addressed in the latest spending bill.

The Senate on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging, $854 billion bill that funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year and provides a short-term fix to keep the government open through early December.

The measure includes $675 billion for the Defense Department and boosts military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay raise in nine years. The bill also approves spending for Health and Human Services, Education, Labor and other agencies, including a 5 percent boost for the National Institutes of Health.

Senators approved the bill 93-7. The measure now goes to the House, where lawmakers are expected to approve it next week, days ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline for a government shutdown.

The stopgap bill would not address President Donald Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. GOP leaders have said they’d prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. 6 elections.