Trump Threatened to Cancel Meeting with Mexico's President - Pena Nieto Just Did It Oliver Darcy - Business Insider
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Mexico will not pay for any wall - President Enrique Peña Nieto (The Guardian/Spread Word)

Update: Mexico President Cancels Donald Trump Summit Amid Wall Row (Reuters)

President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said "it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting" planned next week with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto if Mexico "is unwilling to pay" for a wall on its border with the US.

"The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico," Trump wrote on Twitter. "It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost."

Trump continued: "If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting."

Peña Nieto is scheduled to meet with Trump on Tuesday in what would be the duo's first bilateral meeting since the new US administration took office.

Building a wall on the US-Mexico border was one of the chief promises Trump made to the American people during the 2016 campaign. He repeatedly promised that he would use trade advantages held by the US to force Mexico to finance it.

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Related: Trump's Wall Will Now be Paid for by Americans – White House Announces 20% Tax on Imports from Mexico (The New Civil Rights Movement)

Related: Outraged Mexicans Back Peña Nieto's Decision to Scrap Visit with 'Bully' Trump (USA TODAY)

Related: US Scrambles to Reschedule Mexico Meeting (Reuters)

Related: Mexico Stunned by Trump Tweet on Cancelling Trip (Associated Press)

Related: Mexicans Join Voices to Cancel Peña Nieto's Meeting with Trump (Prensa Latina)

Related: Mexico vs. Trump: 'With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?’ (Mexico Voices)

Related: Mexico Opposition Leader Lopez Obrador Urges UN Lawsuit Over Donald Trump Wall (Reuters)

Related: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Wants Trump to Know 'Mexico Will Never Pay For That F*cking Wall' (Latina)

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