Mexican President Enrique Nieto Canceled His Meeting With Trump Because He’s Fed Up About The Wall

The ongoing drama concerning the U.S./Mexico border wall took another turn. Once again Donald Trump said that if Mexico doesn’t pay for the structure, he will cancel an upcoming White House meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. And much to Trump’s (likely) surprise, Nieto decided to cancel the meeting first. In this tweet, Nieto declares that he won’t attend next Tuesday’s scheduled event with Trump.

Trump’s latest threat came after a Wednesday night ABC News interview, in which he said the wall will be built within months. However, logistics have been a bit hazy. Trump said Mexico would pay for the structure, but now it seems that construction will be bankrolled by the U.S. at first. And Trump insisted that Mexico will pay the U.S. back every cent.

“Ultimately, it will come out of what’s happening with Mexico … and we will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico, which I’ve always said … All it is, is we’ll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico. I’m just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form. What I’m doing is good for the United States. It’s also going to be good for Mexico. We want to have a very stable, very solid Mexico.”

This was news to President Nieto, who said Mexico would definitely not pay, as reported by CNN. Not wanting to be one-upped, The Donald tweeted that if Nieto isn’t going to play ball, just go ahead and cancel the meeting:

Nieto’s point was further hammered home by former Mexican President Vicente Fox (who enjoys a feud with Trump). However, Fox wasn’t as eloquent as Nieto was in his criticism of Trump:

The back and forth between the two countries doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon, and it may be awhile before the blueprints of the supposed wall are even unveiled. But it sure looks like the U.S. will be paying for Trump’s wall, right?

(Via ABC News & CNN)