Trump wants Spain to build a wall across the Sahara desert, which is in Africa, to address the European migration crisis

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September 20, 2018 12:12 AM

President Donald Trump recently suggested to the Spanish government it should build a wall in the Sahara desert to address the migration crisis, according to Spain's foreign minister Josep Borrell.

Josep Borrell
When Spanish diplomats told Trump building a wall across the Sahara desert would be no easy feat the president said, "The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico,"
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President Donald Trump's obsession with building walls has apparently gone global.

Trump recently suggested to the Spanish government it should build a wall in the Sahara desert to address the migration crisis, according to Spain's foreign minister .

When Spanish diplomats told Trump building a wall across the Sahara desert would be no easy feat the president said, "

Borrell spoke of Trump's Sahara wall suggestion at a lunch in Madrid this week, but did not clarify when the president made these remarks. But The Guardian reports it could've been when the Spanish foreign minister accompanied King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House in June

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