President Donald Trump said he aims to start construction of the wall along the US border with Mexico within months.
He told ABC News' David Muir in an interview published Wednesday that he wanted construction to begin as soon as possible. When Muir asked whether that meant construction would start within months, Trump said, "I would say in months, yeah.
"Certainly planning is starting immediately," Trump said.
Trump on Wednesday at the Department of Homeland Security signed two executive orders related to immigration and the construction of the wall.
When asked whether American taxpayers would pay for the wall, Trump said that the money would "come out of what's happening with Mexico."