Trump Says ‘Close to 500 Miles of Wall’ Will Be Completed Before End of 2020

Picture of the wall construction on the US-Mexico border seen from Chihuahua State in Mexico, approximately 100 km from the city of Ciudad Juarez, on August 28, 2019 HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump talked with reporters about his administration’s effort to build the wall at the southern border on Sept. 4 and said he expects the wall to be completed at key places by the end of 2020.

Talking with reporters at the Oval Office, the president said his administration is currently building or replacing “very large sections of the wall” and it is happening “rapidly.” His comments came a day after the Department of Defense (DOD) said it was freeing up $3.6 billion in funds to build the wall that were previously budgeted for other projects.