Mexico president cancels Trump summit as wall taunt deepens spat
Mexico's president on Thursday scrapped a planned summit with Donald Trump in the face of insistent tweets from the U.S. president demanding Mexico pay for a border wall, a deepening rift that threatens Mexican efforts to salvage trade ties.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, responding to a Twitter message from Trump saying it would be better for him not to come to the meeting if Mexico would not pay for the wall, said in his own tweet that he would not attend and had informed the White House of this.
Trump later presented the scrapped plan as a mutual agreement. Addressing Republican members of Congress at a meeting in Philadelphia, he said he and Pena Nieto had agreed to cancel the meeting, adding it would be fruitless if Mexico did not treat the United States "fairly".
"I've said many times that the American people will not pay for the wall," Trump told the gathering. "Unless Mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and I want to go a different route."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mexico-idUSKBN15A1VF
Bill Kristol said it best: "It's lucky the U.S. doesn't have a stake in a reasonably stable, prosperous and friendly Mexico."
Mexico president cancels Trump summit as wall taunt deepens spat
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Rolfe, Jan 26, 2017.
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Use of Time Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I am shocked that another country won't pony up 15 billion for our own infrastructure.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
And I bet they will not crawl on their knees, hands outstretched in the Oval Office and pay their annual tribute. Ah, what has the world come to?
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Use of Time Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Foreign relations off to a rip roaring start.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I thought it was a pretty good negotiating tactic by Trump. Obviously Nieto is dying to go to the White House for the photo ops but he must have decided he'd get better ratings at home if he says he won't pay for the wall.
Trump: "Don't bother coming to the White House if you're not planning on paying for the wall."
Nieto: "OK, I'm not paying for the wall, so I'm not coming to meet with you."
SNUB CITY!
Another possible course of action is for Nieto was to say he doesn't negotiate via Twitter and just kept his mouth shut, assuming the meeting was on, then show up for the meeting and tell him in person he wasn't going to pay for the wall. Would have been doubling humiliating for Trump.
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I don't think that's the real reason he canceled the meeting.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
What Does Alex Jones Say?
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But the word on the street is that , if Trump shuts down the border, the cartels will be hurt and the president of Mexico is owned by the cartels. He can't afford to upset them, so no meeting. -
Well, Nieto was just trashed by his constituents over his last meeting with Trump - Mexicans wanted an apology or some softening on the rhetoric but Trump wouldn't shut up during the one hour press conference following the meeting. He dominated the whole thing again and Nieto just sat there.
Several hours later, Nieto took to twitter and then claimed he told Trump privately that Mexico was not going to pay for any wall. Trump just said:"you're going to pay forit".
So, the Mexican president had nothing to lose by not meeting with Trump, except face - Trump told him not to come if he wasn't going to agree to pay for the wall. Nieto did the right thing by cancelling this meeting, he pleased his fellow countrymen and Trump left him no choice. -
There seems to be conflicting evidence as to how Mexico deals with its southern border and the drug running and gun running and illeagal immigrants. But that needs to be considered when forming our policies with that country to our south.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Yeah, shocker that another country that’s been freely invading and using us wouldn’t be willing to pony up for building a wall to block themselves out. I’m sure President Trump never thought about that being a possibility…
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I see that Rolfe started this thread, so it's not mine, and I also see in post #6 of this thread where I said, "Can't wait to see what Mr. Master Negotiator is going to do next."
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But I'm still pretty sure you are glad Hillary is not president. Could be wrong about that, but I know you didn't want Trump either. Neither did I. But, as the lesser of 2 evils, I'm dealing with it and willing to give him a chance. You just can't seem to deal with it.
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