Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181220:09:48:00
The wall or that tariffs that come as a result of it would put more money in the treasury, which would then help pay for the wall. but economists and trade experts i talked to say this is not a particularly logical argument. one, the money isn't there now. two, money from taxpayers is not mexico. and tariffs are paid for by the consumers, by the goods in the country that is applying the tariffs, not in the country that's producing those goods. so we are mexico. we would be indirectly paying for the wall, americans. >> and on this the president has lost some big name conservatives. laura ingrah...