If The Wall were meant to be anything other than a Symbol of our National Resolve, then DT would have commissioned a planning report upon entering office that would already have had two years’ time to present a construction timetable, a budget, design proposals, environmental & property issues, etc., for Congress to consider and vote on.

Then Congress could be realistically asked to make funds available for such a project. But that was never his intention although he should at least in principle be aware of how such projects function in real life.