'Buffet of options' on paying for wall: White House

The White House says it has yet to determine how Mexico will pay for a massive wall at the Mexican border that President Donald Trump has promised to build. Chief of staff Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) tells CBS’ “Face the Nation' that a “buffet of options' remains.

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'Buffet of options' on paying for wall: White House

'Buffet of options' on paying for wall: White House

The White House says it has yet to determine how Mexico will pay for a massive wall at the Mexican border that President Donald Trump has promised to build.

Chief of staff Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” that a “buffet of options” remains. He says that could include a tax on goods coming across the border, import and export taxes—even a tax on drug cartels or fines to people who come to the US illegally.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto last week canceled a meeting with Trump amid tensions over Trump’s plan to build a wall at Mexico’s expense.

Priebus says it’s early in the planning process. He says the broader point is that Trump is fulfilling a campaign promise to build the wall. 

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