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Mexican President Loses It After Trump Says They Will Pay For Wall, Enjoy It

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Saagar Enjeti White House Correspondent
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto forcefully reacted to President Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening declaration that his country would pay for a wall along the U.S. southern border.

Pena Nieto’s tweet came just hours after Trump told his roaring rally, “I don’t want to cause a problem. I don’t want to cause it. But, in the end … in the end … Mexico is going to pay for the wall. I’m just telling you that.”

Trump then railed against the Mexican government for its lack of assistance to the U.S. in quelling illegal immigration and in its trade relations. “They are going to pay for the wall and they are going to enjoy it. Okay? They are going to enjoy it. They do nothing for us.”