The Trump administration’s decision to divert $3.6 billion in funding for military construction projects to help build a wall along the southern border with Mexico prompted swift, and mostly critical, responses from lawmakers in Washington but on the ground in areas that will be impacted, the reaction has varied, ranging from extreme outrage to tempered support.
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Responses from politicians and residents in areas affected covered a wide spectrum but were primarily shaped by how those individuals feel about President Donald Trump and his commitment to building a border wall.
There was a sense of outrage in Puerto Rico, where the Defense Department’s move to divert more than $400 million in funding from projects in the territory has prompted accusations of racism.
Source: Not everyone is outraged by Trump’s move to divert military funds to pay for border wall
