1/7/2019

BORDER/JIMMY CARTER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As he makes his case for building a border wall, President Trump says that his predecessors have secretly confided in him that they should have done it themselves. The only problem: All of the living presidents say that’s not true. Former President Jimmy Carter said on Monday [1-7-19] that he never had such a conversation with Mr. Trump, making him the last of the veterans of the Oval Office to dispute the assertion. ‘I have not discussed the border wall with President Trump and do not support him on the issue,’ Mr. Carter said in a statement. Aides to the other living presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — have all likewise denied Mr. Trump’s claim. Former President George Bush, who died in November, was in failing health throughout Mr. Trump’s administration and did not have any discussion with the current president about substantive issues, according to people close to him.”

Peter Baker, “Trump Says Predecessors Confessed Support for the Border Wall. Not True, They Say.,” The New York Times online, January 7, 2019