Trump uses Obamas to argue for his border wall | Daily Mail Online

Trump uses Obamas to argue for his border wall | Daily Mail Online: President Trump argued former President Obama and Michelle Obama have a wall around their Washington D.C. home so the U.S. should have the same 'President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound,' he tweeted He noted: 'The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!' The Obama home had a wall built around it before they moved in as part of security upgrades put in by the Secret Service Meanwhile, three senior officials hinted on Sunday that Trump won't be able to fulfill his campaign promise of building a concrete wall along the border with Mexico John Kelly, Trump's outgoing Chief of Staff, said that the White House gave up on building a concrete border wall 'early on' in the administration but said some 'fencing' was necessary Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump is open to a compromise with Democrats that includes $5 billion for border security in exchange for legislative changes to DACA Graham also said that 'the wall has become a metaphor for border security' and that 'what we're talking about is a physical barrier where it makes sense' Kellyanne Conway, a Counselor to the President, said that the argument over what constitutes a 'wall' is 'semantics' See original work for more on this and other stories.