FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before presenting the Medal of Freedom to former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump showed off a section of wall along the U.S. border with Mexico on Wednesday in a bid to illustrate his commitment to crack down on illegal border crossings as he raises money in California for his re-election campaign.
The Republican president, who is on a three-day swing through the U.S. West that has included a rally in New Mexico and a number of fundraisers in California, also used his trip to criticise the homelessness problem in Los Angeles and San Francisco, two strongly Democratic cities.
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