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Trump Just Tweeted That His Wall is Being Built RIGHT NOW — But it’s a Total Lie

Donald Trump wants everyone to know that even if Congress is unwilling to give him as much money as he wants for a border wall, he’s nonetheless building it…and no one is going to stop him.

On Wednesday, Trump tweeted a time-lapse video from the Army Corps of Engineers that shows construction of bollard fencing along the southern border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

“We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico,” Trump wrote. “Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule! Many miles more now under construction! #FinishTheWall”

Then he tweeted again on Thursday, saying ‘THE WALL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW!’

But Trump’s claim that the project in the video was “just built” is false.

According to KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, the project — $73 million to build a “column-style wall that stretches for 20 miles west of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry in Santa Teresa” — was actually completed last November.

The wall-like structure in Santa Teresa isn’t new in more ways than one. The structure simply replaced fences and other barriers that were already there.

The AP reported that the project was “funded with operations and maintenance money budgeted through the Army Corps of Engineers,” which explains why the Army Corps of Engineers’ logo is on the video.

Trump’s tweets boasting about new wall construction come days after he declared a state of emergency he hopes will allow him to divert $3.6 billion in funds appropriated for military construction to build more border wall.

Twitter quickly called him out:

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