Thursday, January 26, 2017

Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto Has Cancelled His Upcoming Meeting With President Trump

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City, November 9, 2016. (Reuters)

NBC: Mexico’s President to Trump: ‘I Will Not Attend’ Scheduled Meeting

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has scrapped an upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump in the wake of fiery back-and-forth over which nation will pay for a border wall between the two nations.

"This morning we informed the White House that I will not attend the business meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the @POTUS," Nieto tweeted.

Trump tweeted earlier Thursday that if Mexico refuses to pay for the wall it might be best to scrap their upcoming meeting.

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Update #1: Mexican president cancels visit to Washington as tensions with Trump administration intensify (Washington Post).
Update #2: Mexico president cancels U.S. visit after Trump wall comments (Reuters).

WNU Editor: This is just one more nail in the NAFTA agreement. With relations now going south .... will a company now want to invest in Mexico. I say not.

2 comments:

jimbrown said...

And he should close the 50 Mexican consulates in the US supporting illegals.

Anonymous said...

No Disneyland for you senor...for those of you who don't know, Disneyland is an absolute Mecca to all the rich Chillangos...