With the Federal government in its 10th day of a shutdown as Donald Trump tries to secure funds in the budget for a Southern border wall, the president is reverting back to his original campaign promise about where the money is coming from.

In a Monday night tweet fired off just a few hours before the ball drop in Times Square, the president claimed that Mexico will be financing the wall by way of the trade pact they signed earlier in 2018.

“MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL through the many billions of dollars a year that the U.S.A. is saving through the new Trade Deal, the USMCA, that will replace the horrendous NAFTA Trade Deal, which has so badly hurt our Country,” Trump wrote. “Mexico & Canada will also thrive – good for all!”

MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL through the many billions of dollars a year that the U.S.A. is saving through the new Trade Deal, the USMCA, that will replace the horrendous NAFTA Trade Deal, which has so badly hurt our Country. Mexico & Canada will also thrive – good for all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2019

Trump then continued to tweet attacks against Democrats.

“The Democrats will probably submit a Bill, being cute as always, which gives everything away but gives NOTHING to Border Security, namely the Wall. You see, without the Wall there can be no Border Security – the Tech “stuff” is just, by comparison, meaningless bells & whistles. Remember this. Throughout the ages some things NEVER get better and NEVER change. You have Walls and you have Wheels. It was ALWAYS that way and it will ALWAYS be that way! Please explain to the Democrats that there can NEVER be a replacement for a good old fashioned WALL!”

The Democrats will probably submit a Bill, being cute as always, which gives everything away but gives NOTHING to Border Security, namely the Wall. You see, without the Wall there can be no Border Security – the Tech “stuff” is just, by comparison, meaningless bells & whistles…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2019

…Remember this. Throughout the ages some things NEVER get better and NEVER change. You have Walls and you have Wheels. It was ALWAYS that way and it will ALWAYS be that way! Please explain to the Democrats that there can NEVER be a replacement for a good old fashioned WALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2019

Twitter had a field day:

This is completely, totally false. https://t.co/bQ7DxkqZig

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) January 1, 2019

MEXICO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE WALL THROUGH UNVERIFIABLE SAVINGS DERIVED FROM MILD CHANGES TO A TRADE PACT THAT HASN'T BEEN RATIFIED YET BY PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES https://t.co/VovC0NPiRN

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 1, 2019

Wow. This one is so deranged and illogical I almost feel sorry for President Racist Grandpa. https://t.co/aCvfbxHTqI

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 1, 2019

This makes perfect sense. Last month I told my landlord that Mexico was paying my rent through the many billions of dollars a year that the U.S.A. is saving through the new Trade Deal, and my landlord said, cool, works for me! #MAGA https://t.co/9Onwk2uNrj

— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) January 1, 2019

THEN THERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP THE U.S. SHUTDOWN AND NO REASON TO STILL WANT THE 5 BILLION DOLLARS . https://t.co/tyrP2mQ1OU

— GoomerOfDog (@GoomerOfdog) January 1, 2019

Yeah, that's not how it works, Cheeto. You still don't have the first freaking clue how trade works. Also, your NAFTA2 deal is a joke. It's the same NAFTA with a few tweaks that make the overall deal far worse for American & Canadian citizens. https://t.co/Lq8eUML3lH

— Resign, Fat Nixon! (@JBoy02) January 1, 2019