Donald Trump’s Mexico visit ends with Mexico basically accusing him of lying

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Source: washington post




Donald Trump’s Mexico visit ends with Mexico basically accusing him of lying



By Aaron Blake and Philip Bump

August 31 at 7:12 PM


This post has been updated.


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.................It's among the most brazen claims he has made as a presidential candidate — the idea that a foreign country would fund the construction of a wall built mostly to protect the United States. And yet, Trump said that this did not come up during Trump's meeting Wednesday with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Trump said that the small matter of who pays for his massive border wall — at an estimated cost of between $15 billion and $25 billion,
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"We did discuss the wall," Trump said during a brief Q&A session. "We didn't discuss payment of the wall. That'll be for a later date. This was a very preliminary meeting." In what was otherwise a positively received visit — drawing praise even from some Trump critics such as Bill Kristol and former Hillary Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson — it stuck out like a sore thumb.

There's just one catch: Peña Nieto tweeted out that the subject did come up -- and that he'd raised it.......................








Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/31/donald-trump-says-he-didnt-ask-mexico-to-pay-for-the-wall-that-makes-no-sense/?postshare=9981472686351316&tid=ss_tw

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Here are the Tweets:



Jim Dalrymple II Verified account
?@JimDalrympleII

Jim Dalrymple II Retweeted Enrique Peña Nieto

"At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall."


Enrique Peña Nieto Verified account
?@EPN

Al inicio de la conversación con Donald Trump dejé claro que México no pagará por el muro.

5:51 PM - 31 Aug 2016
8,027 retweets 8,062 likes





Also:



Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:54pm EDT

Pena Nieto told Trump Mexico won't pay for wall-Presidential spokesman


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mexico-wall-idUSKCN11632X?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=57c777b504d301140ac2e95f&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter



Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday told Donald Trump that Mexico would not pay for the Republican presidential candidate's proposed wall along the Mexico-U.S. border, contradicting Trump's assertion they didn't discuss payment.............................

Trump earlier told a joint news conference with Pena Nieto after their meeting in Mexico City that the pair had discussed the wall but not who would pay for it. ................

[sakabatou]

1. What did they expect?

[forest444]

2. "This was easy to determine," Mexican officials said.

"His lips were moving."

[tclambert]

3. I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Who could have foreseen this?

(Okay, not shocked. Totally expected it. Predicted it myself this morning.)

[LakeArenal]

4. I am just glad Trump didn't cause a huge International Incident

I think he was hoping protesters would riot or cause some injury so he could say.. SEE, SEE!!!

Also I heard some pundit describe the Mexican President as elegant and presidential...
Then there was Trump...

Oh, and one more thing: What's with Trump's ties? They hang down to his crotch... Does he think he's hiding his big gut or his small...zipper?

[truthisfreedom]

5. So, last night was the beginning of the end. Trump proved himself

a liar once again, accomplished nothing (I went to Mexico and all I got was this lousy hat), and bombed in his speech in AZ, giving republican congressional campaigns nothing to work with and further alienating Latinos (and Hispanics, as his campaign weirdly calls people who speak Spanish and hate him).

[mpcamb]

8. The curious thing is how it runs off his back.

How can this narcissistic pathological liar keep polling within a few points?

He's never done anything for anyone else unless it benefitted him.
He speaks at a 5th grade level (on a hot day when the wind's right).
And his supporters think he can manage a country.

I think it's time to start publicly interviewing people who got stiffed by him in business deals.

[Stuart G]

6. k and r...nt

[haele]

7. He was using the royal "We".

After Nieto made his statement; all the Drumpf had to do was waive his hand and said "Not now, we'll talk about who pays for the wall you're going to have to build later", and there...no discussion was had.

Haele

[Jim Dandy]

9. Mexico has good reasons for that accusation

Because he did lie. Always does.

[goldent]

10. Not one to defend Trump, but I don't see the issue.

Nieto made the statement.
Trump ignores it.
No discussion was had.

[FigTree]

11. This guy turns everything he touches into shit.

This is not even a joke.

[smirkymonkey]

12. It's insulting! It is like he thought they were too stupid to see through his bullshit.

Talk about adding insult to injury!