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August 4, 2017

Transcript: Trump Urged Mexican President Not to Discuss Border Wall
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President Trump urged Mexican President Enrique Peņa 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, Peņa 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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