It’s been a couple of years since President Donald Trump set sail on his 2016 presidential campaign trail. While almost two years in the White House have gone by, he’s still touting the idea of a border wall between U. S. and Mexico. Tensions are…
It’s been a couple of years since President Donald Trump set sail on his 2016 presidential campaign trail. While almost two years in the White House have gone by, he’s still touting the idea of a border wall between U. S. and Mexico. Tensions are rising as the wall has become a sticking point in budget negotiations, with the president threatening a government shutdown if he doesn’t get $5 billion for the wall, according to The Hill. But there might be another way to pay for it, with a citizen supporter of the wall setting up a GoFundMe to cover the costs. But that leaves a very important question: Can you crowdfund the border wall? This plan to foot the bill is kind of complicated.
On Dec. 16, Purple Heart veteran Brian Kolfage set up the GoFundMe to raise money for Trump’s border wall, and as of Dec. 20, the campaign has brought in around $3.5 million from over 56,000 donations since its creation. «If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall,” Kolfage wrote on the page. «That equates to roughly 5 Billion Dollars, [sic] even if we get half, that’s half the wall. We can do this.» He also promised that if the campaign doesn’t reach it $1 billion goal, then he will return all the money back to the donors. Kolfage did not immediately reply to Elite Daily’s request for comment on the campaign. But, let’s say if the bar is reached, can the government actually use that money to pay for the wall? The answer is — kind of.
