Trump ally: Border wall's cost was deemed off limits in Mexico meeting

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Reuters

A close ally of Donald Trump said talks about the cost of building a wall with Mexico was not supposed to be part of the discussion during Republican presidential candidate's recent meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

After the two met in Mexico last Wednesday, Trump told reporters they did not discuss his demand that Mexico pay the cost for construction of a wall on the border between the two countries.

Hours later, however, Pena Nieto said on Twitter he did raise the issue of the cost of the wall.

"At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall," Pena Nieto said in a tweet.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ally-border-walls-cost-was-deemed-off-limits-in-mexico-meeting/ar-AAiuUmr

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Trump's surrogates are whining that Mexico's President brought up the key issue that Trump has built his campaign on during their meeting. Nieto was expected to look like an idiot and not bring up the elephant in the room and take heat from his constituents for Trump's benefit.

[chillfactor]

1. that whole scenario....

most certainly did not have the magic wand attached to it that t-rump envisioned.....instead it ended up kicking him in the ass.

[shenmue]

4. Yep

[jtuck004]

2. The pres of Mexico need never ask permission of a two-bit real estate swindler. n/t

[Shrike47]

3. But Trump ALWAYS gets to dictate what will be discussed! It'a a rule!

After all, he has graced you with his presence.

[Coyotl]

5. and forever thereafter!

As in, "No fucking way ever, Pendejo."

[unblock]

6. pretty much the only reason for peña nieto to meet trump was to say nfw are we paying for that!

at least, it was pretty much guaranteed he would publicly claim that he told trump off regardless of any actual discussion....

[keithbvadu2]

7. It was only off limits for weakling Trump.

Trump did not want to be put in his place as badly as he was.

[pampango]

8. So the Great Negotiator who will WIN future negotiations does not even bring up his signature issue.

I have a lot of faith in his negotiating ability.

[trusty elf]

9. The whole wall thing is completely monstrous.

Is it even feasible? The US-Mexican border is almost 2000 miles long! A 2000 mile long wall? totally insane

Wouldn't such a thing also be an ecological disaster?

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[Angel Martin]

10. Huh ?

[LanternWaste]

11. The relevant difference being when the series of smaller walls comprising the Great Wall was built

The relevant difference being when the series of smaller walls comprising the Great Wall was built over a period of hundreds of years, petroleum-industrial construction methods were not being used, and the environment could keep up with the vastly slower pace of human building methods.