{"id":196736,"date":"2019-01-07T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T23:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=196736"},"modified":"2019-01-07T18:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T23:42:23","slug":"ap-fact-check-ex-presidents-deny-backing-trump-on-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/07\/ap-fact-check-ex-presidents-deny-backing-trump-on-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"AP FACT CHECK: Ex presidents deny backing Trump on wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump stated in a Rose Garden news conference Friday: \u201cThis should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me. And they all know it. Some of them have told me that we should have done it.\u201d (File Photo<\/a>: Gage Skidmore\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump’s recent claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a wall at the Mexican border got no support from the ex-presidents’ club.<\/p>\n

Trump stated in a Rose Garden news conference Friday: \u201cThis should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me. And they all know it. Some of them have told me that we should have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n

THE FACTS: The four living ex-presidents do not back him up on this claim.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u201dI have not discussed the border wall with President Trump, and do not support him on the issue,\u201d said Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u201dThe answer is no,\u201d said Angel Urena, speaking for Bill Clinton. \u201cIn fact, they’ve not talked since the inauguration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014George W. Bush has not discussed the wall with Trump, said spokesman Freddy Ford.<\/p>\n

\u2014Barack Obama’s office did not respond except to send along some of his past comments on the subject, such as this one from May 2016: \u201cSuggesting that we can build an endless wall along our borders, and blame our challenges on immigrants \u2014 that doesn’t just run counter to our history as the world’s melting pot; it contradicts the evidence that our growth and our innovation and our dynamism has always been spurred by our ability to attract strivers from every corner of the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Trump’s inauguration, his only interaction with Obama was a quick exchange at President George H.W. Bush’s funeral.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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