Trump stands by plans to build wall

President-elect Donald Trump is sticking by his vow to build a wall along the southern border, pushing back on those who say he has softened on the campaign vow.

{mosads}“No, no, no, no. I mean we’re going to build a wall,” he said in an interview with Fox News’s “Hannity,” according to a transcript.

“Every once in a while they say well maybe it’s not going to be totally through,” Trump added. “Now, there are certain places you don’t need a wall, because you have, you know, you have mountains, you have other things. You have large and rather vicious rivers.”

During an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” last month, Trump said that he was open to the prospect of part of the wall being composed of fencing.

“For certain areas I would [consider fencing], but certain areas, a wall is more appropriate,” he said.

But on Thursday he emphasized that it would actually be a “real wall.”

“It’s going to be a real wall, because we’re going to stop the drugs from coming in,” he said. “We’re going to have people come in, but they’re going to come in legally and we’re going to have a great wall. We’re going to have a real wall and we’re going to stop what’s happening, because what’s happening in our country is very sad in so many different ways.”