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Catherine Rampell: If we’re going to waste billions on a wall, let those billions be Trump’s

President Trump wants a wall. Democratic lawmakers don't want to pay for it.

Here's an elegant compromise: If Trump truly thinks building a wall is such a brilliant idea, he should pay for it himself.

I’m actually not the first to propose this. Last week, Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., suggested that our builder in chief pledge “some of his own funds” toward the wall, though Jones emphasized that a fiscally responsible approach would primarily rely on offsetting cuts to “wasteful federal spending.”

Now, saying you're going to pay for a border wall by eliminating "wasteful federal spending" is a bit of an oxymoron.