Trump said he would prefer to fund the ambitious construction 'the old-fashioned way – get it from Congress – but I have other options if I have to.' he is pictured above speaking with the press on Air Force One on Friday
Daily Mail: Trump says he could use the MILITARY to build his wall if Congress won't fund it through Homeland Security's budget - and he won't rule out another government shutdown to get his way
* DailyMail.com asked the president on Air Force One if he was considering using the Army Corps of Engineers to build his border wall
* Congress has been stingy with a Homeland Security budget for the project, providing barely $3 billion and leaving another $25 billion unfunded
* Pentagon officials say the Corps of Engineers is suited to perform the work and Trump has boasted about budget increases he has won for the Pentagon
* Trump says: 'We have two options: We have military, we have homeland security'
* He also said he won't take a government shutdown off the table if Democrats on Capitol Hill keep playing hardball because of immigration politics
* He believes a shutdown would be strategically and politically smart
* But many Republican lawmakers are counseling patience because they fear being blamed for a shutdown in the final month of re-elecion campaigns
President Donald Trump said Friday that he's considering using military resources to finish construction of his long-promised border wall instead of relying on Congress to fund the project through the Homeland Security Department's budget.
He also wouldn't eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown if Democrats continue to confound his efforts to appropriate money for the project on the U.S.-Mexico border.
'We have two options,' he told DailyMail.com aboard Air Force One as he flew from Billings, Montana to Fargo, North Dakota. 'We have military, we have homeland security.'
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WNU Editor: The mid-terms are less than 2 months away. Everyone is looking for an issue that will drive their base to vote. On the issue of immigration .... most Americans want something done, and this is not an issue that politicians want to run on if they believe they are vulnerable on it in their district.