BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump floated putting solar panels on his planned Mexican border wall in a meeting with legislative leaders Tuesday [6-6-17] afternoon, according to White House and Capitol Hill officials.
It was unclear why Trump brought up the topic, but he presented the panels as a way to fund the wall, which is expected to cost billions of dollars, according to three people familiar with the conversation.
He didn’t express certainty that it would happen — but that he’d heard it as a possible idea and wanted to see what others thought, said a senior official familiar with the White House meeting.
Trump has insisted that Mexico will pay for the wall’s construction — something Mexican officials have repeatedly denied — but has acknowledged that taxpayers may need to initially foot the bill before being repaid.”
-Josh Dawsey and Rachel Bade, “Trump floats idea of using solar panels to pay for Mexico wall,” Politico, June 6, 2017 05:51pm