U.S President Donald J. Trump released a statement Friday with an update on the situation, which went south after Mr. Trump promised a 20% tax on imported goods from Mexico and that they would pay for a multi-billion dollar border wall:
Joint Statement on U.S. – Mexico Relations
The United States President Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke by phone this morning for an hour. The call was mutually arranged by their teams.
The two had a productive and constructive call regarding the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the current trade deficit the United States has with Mexico, the importance of the friendship between the two nations, and the need for the two nations to work together to stop drug cartels, drug trafficking and illegal guns and arms sales.
With respect to payment for the border wall, both presidents recognize their clear and very public differences of positions on this issue but have agreed to work these differences out as part of a comprehensive discussion on all aspects of the bilateral relationship.
Both presidents have instructed their teams to continue the dialogue to strengthen this important strategic and economic relationship in a constructive way.
7 thoughts on “President Trump provides update on relations with Mexico”
Ha, Ha, Ha.
I just hope this doesn’t f*ck up my sunny vacations on the Yucatán peninsula.
Santanna and Jerome Brown are both mentally unfit to hold their positions. Or could it be the suitcases full of pecos ??
There is no way that Mexico can do a thing to the U.S. If we pull out of Mexico or they try to close the border it will devastate their economy, and they know it. He is just playing to his base.
China is already positioning to become Mexico’s largest trade partner. We could end up being big time losers
China has been there for 40 years. That is nothing new. Logistics doesn’t work for them and Mexico doesn’t have the funds to make it. If the U.S. pulls out or makes it harder it will bankrupt them in 6 months. Not only that, they will have a revolution in very short order. They are on the verge of that now. They are trying to run a bluff.
Presidente Nieto is in a tough spot. On the one hand, he is bought and paid for by the Mexican drug cartels, and on the other, he is forced to operate from his weak position in the pecking order with President Trump.