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He was going to build the wall (a beautiful wall, more beautiful than any wall ever, so beautiful), and Mexico was going to pay for it.
Just a few issues – namely that the US / Mexico border wall building efforts have lurched from one disaster to the next, and Mexico ain’t forking over the cash.
In fact, last week Steve Bannon, a top adviser to the Trump campaign in 2016, and following the president’s inauguration, was arrested for his involvement in an online fundraising group that raised more than $25 million to help fund the border wall.
Trump supporters paid, and Bannon and his cronies allegedly used that money as a personal slush fund. Good times.
During his most recent Last Week Tonight show, John Oliver thought it wise to map out how the key election promise is panning out.
Is Hillary locked up yet? No? Strange, that was also a promise he made.
Take it away, John:
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