Small boy tells Trump at Easter Egg event: ‘Keep building the wall’ – Washington Examiner

President Trump told reporters he had an avid supporter of the wall he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to the White House pool report, while Trump was helping children color cards for U.S. service members during the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll, he said young boy asked him about the border wall.

“I will. Oh It’s happening. It’s being built now. Here’s a young guy who said ‘Keep building that wall,’ can you believe that?” Trump said. “He’s going to be a conservative some day.”

Trump declared a national emergency in February to bypass Congress to secure funding for the wall. The Department of Defense is currently sorting through building projects that can be diverted from to go toward a wall. The emergency declaration is currently being contested in court.

At the start of the event, Trump highlighted the success of the economy. “Our country is doing fantastically well,” he said. “Probably the best it’s ever done economically. We’re setting records on stock markets. We’re setting records with jobs. Unemployment numbers are the lowest they’ve ever been, 50 years in many groups.”