and like, hopefully drawing
China and Russia into the north
Korea problem.
>> I'm sure you have read "The
Washington post" reporting by
this point that came out about
an hour ago.
Full transcript of the
president's conversation with
two world leaders including the
president of Mexico where he
concedes the wall is not the
most important issue, but the
most important politically and
concedes that he knows Mexico is
not going to pay for it.
They will figure that out, it
will come out Ott wash, but he
cannot have the president of
Mexico saying that publicly.
What do you make of that?
>> It's another bit of campaign
rhetoric.
It's highly unusual.
I don't think anyone during the
campaign thought Mexico would
pay for the wall, even though we
desperately believe in the wall
as a metaphor for border
security.
>> Do you feel like it was a
campaign promise?
He said that at every rally.
We are going build a wall and
the crowd says Mexico will pay
for it.
>> They are full of promises,
commitments, expressions, and
once the campaign is over, it's
time to move on to governing.
>> Time to not implement what
you would?
Chalk it up to something you
said, but no one believed it.
>> There's been a lot of those.
There are things people say
during campaigns that are not
believed later.
>> Hold on.
Hold on, congressman.
He said it after the campaign.
He said it in the white house.
He may say it tonight at his
rally in West Virginia.
He made clear to the president
of Mexico in this phone call
while he was sitting, you know,
president in the white house,
that no, I don't think you are
going to pay for it.
Please don't say that publicly
because, quote, the press is
going to go with that and I
cannot live with that.
Are you comfortable with that
from this president?
>> I think it would have been
better had he not distracted the
discussion of border security by
bringing up who is going to pay
for the wall and what kind of
wall it would be.
We have a lot of ways to
strengthen our border and
physical barriers are one,
technology is another.
I think we need to do that.
>> What we are really trying to
get from you, as someone who is
a Republican member of congress,
very supportive of the
president, do you think he
was -- knowing what you know
from the transcript, which the
white house is not disputing, do
you think he was straight and
honest with the American people?
>> I don't think anyone really
thought that the Mexicans were
going to pay for a wall.
I mean, regardless of a
boisterous campaign or post
campaign comment.
These politicians, professional
politicians make comments all
the time.
President trump was not a
professional politician, so he
made more comment that is might
be disputed.
The bottom line is no one could
believe Mexicans were going to
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