BORDER/CLINTONS/JIMMY CARTER/MEXICO/MIKE PENCE/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 9:05 a.m. Vice President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump’s recent claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a U.S.-Mexico border wall was an ‘impression.’ Trump said Friday [1-4-19] that some previous presidents ‘have told me that we should have done it.’ The four living ex-presidents do not back Trump up on that claim. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush said they had not discussed the wall with Trump. Barack Obama’s office reiterated his opposition to the wall. Pence told NBC’s ‘Today’ show on Tuesday [1-8-19], ‘I know the president has said that was his impression from previous presidents.’ Pence says he’s seen ‘clips of previous presidents talking about the importance of border security and the importance of addressing illegal immigration.'”
–Associated Press, “The Latest: Pence Says Trump’s Wall Claim Was ‘Impression’,” The New York Times online, January 8, 2019