Saturday, February 24, 2018

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Scraps Plans To Visit The White House After 'Testy' Phone Call With President Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Reuters/Carlos Barria

The Hill: Mexico's Peña Nieto scraps plan to visit White House following call with Trump on border wall: report

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has reportedly scrapped his plans to visit the White House after a contentious call with President Trump discussing his proposed border wall.

U.S. and Mexican officials familiar with the call told The Washington Post that Peña Nieto and Trump reached an impasse while discussing the wall. Peña Nieto reportedly asked Trump to publicly affirm Mexico’s stance that it will not pay for the wall, but Trump refused to cave.

A Mexican official told the paper that Trump “lost his temper” during the 50-minute call. U.S. officials said that Trump was “exasperated” and “frustrated” because he thought Peña Nieto’s expectation was unreasonable, according to the Post.

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WNU Editor: That must have been one "testy" phone call.

More News On Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Scrapping Plans To Visit The White House

After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexico's president shelves White House visit -- Chicago Tribune/Washington Post
WH official: Peña Nieto calls off visit to White House after confrontational call with Trump -- CNN
Mexico's president called off a White House visit after Trump refused to say publicly that Mexico won't pay for the border wall -- Business Insider
Mexican president cancels White House visit after heated call with Trump: Report -- Washington Examiner

8 comments:

B.Poster said...

Mexico simply must learn to respect the United States as an equal and not as a people and a nation to be used and abused at their discretion and pleasure. Until this happens constructive relations simply won't be possible. Until such time extreme caution will need to be applied in dealings with them.

Anonymous said...

Lighten up Francis, I mean B.

Look, there's a cloud, better yell at it.

Jeff smith said...

Lighten up francis, good one anon. Bet he don't get it. Wish i was a fly on the wall during that call. :)

Anonymous said...

You're imagining things again. . Better care about your own country, Russia, than trying to divide Mexico and the US
;)

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Anonymous said...

but all smart enough to laugh at Trump's BS that Mexico would pay for the wall

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B.Poster said...

Actually my country is America. Bottom line: Mexico does not respect us. They never really have respected us. Until they do constructive relations will be problematic.