Author: Sam York

WASHINGTON — During a press conference at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to increase the height of the U.S.-Mexico border wall by an additional two meters, calling the move “a powerful upgrade.”

Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump emphasized the wall’s role in national security and said the extension would further “cement America’s strength at the border.”

“We’ve built a great wall — people said it couldn’t be done. But I’ve decided it needs to be two meters taller,” the president said. “This sends a clear message: the United States is serious about protecting its territory.”

Trump did not provide details about the funding or timeline, but reiterated that the project would be completed “ahead of schedule and under budget.”

Mexican officials have not yet issued a response to the announcement.

KANANASKIS, Alberta — “There would’ve been no World War Two, believe me,” Donald Trump said pointedly after a bilateral meeting with host Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies.

Flanked by a wordless Carney on Monday, the U.S. president shifted blame to Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, accusing them of “weak leadership” and “provoking Germany unnecessarily.”

“FDR and a guy named Churchill—they didn’t know how to negotiate. I would’ve made a deal with Hitler. A strong deal. Peace through strength. We would’ve avoided the whole thing,” Trump claimed, referencing the most devastating conflict of the 20th century. “People don’t talk about it, but I would’ve handled it very differently. No war. Zero.”