Donald Trump: 'We'll call it the Great Wall of Trump'
Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump came up with a potential nickname on Thursday for the wall he wants to build along the US-Mexican border.
Speaking with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo, the Republican presidential candidate compared the wall to the Great Wall of China.
"As you know, I know how to build. I know how to get it done. We'll have a great wall. We'll call it the 'Great Wall of Trump,'" Trump said, later adding that he was only being "facetious."
Trump, whose anti-illegal immigration stance has fueled his surging campaign, argued that his wall would be much easier to build than the ancient barrier constructed by Chinese dynasties.
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"You look at the Great Wall of China, that was built 2,500 years ago — it's 13,000 miles. And we're really talking about something a little more than 1,000 miles. So it is something that can be absolutely done — not done at tremendous cost," Trump said.
The developer further promised that his wall would be aesthetically pleasing, as far as walls go.
"We'll have a great wall and actually it can be a good-looking wall, as walls go," he said. "But we will have a really terrific wall."
Construction of the wall was the first item on Trump's official immigration platform, which he released last Sunday.
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