After Trump Tweets, Mexico Insists Again That It’s Not Going to Pay for the Wall Jessica Estepa - USA Today
go to original August 28, 2017

Mexico reiterates it won't pay for border 'wall' (Newsy)

President Trump, take heed: Mexico wants nothing to do with your proposed border wall.

"As the Mexican government has always stated, our country will not pay, under any circumstances, for a wall or physical barrier built on U.S. territory along the Mexican border," Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement released Sunday. "This statement is not part of a Mexican negotiating strategy, but rather a principle of national sovereignty and dignity."

The statement comes in response to the president's tweets on Sunday, in which he said that the country would pay for the barrier through reimbursements.

With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017

Mexico also addressed the president's assertions about its crime rates, saying that it was a "shared problem." The only way to end it was to address its causes: high demand for drugs in the United States and supply from Mexico and other countries.

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