President Trump urged Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto not to publicly state his opposition to Trump’s plan to build a border wall and have Mexico pay for it. According to a transcript of the January 27 phone call, published Thursday by The Washington Post, Peña Nieto told Trump that Mexico would not pay for the wall, prompting Trump to reply, “You cannot say that to the press because I cannot negotiate under those circumstances.” During the same call, Trump threatened Mexico with trade tariffs and called New Hampshire a “drug-infested den.”
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