Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181222:05:25:00
Pay for it but a lot of his base did. when we realize that mexico is not paying for it, the president does need to follow through on this. this is a key pillar of how he's elected as president and how he runs as administration. he met earlier with key senators and he told them. i spoke with them. look, i want to go under $5 billion if we need to. right now i need to stay firm on that and show and come from a position of strengths. he won't have quite the bargaining power. right now he's standing firm on that. >> okay. all right. so you said short term paying for long-term gain. >> right. becau...