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Peña Nieto told Trump Mexico would not pay for border wallMexican president Enrique Peña Nieto told Donald Trump during their private meeting today that Mexico would not pay for Trumps proposed 2,000-mile barrier along the US-Mexico border, according to his Twitter feed.
Enrique Peña Nieto ✔ @EPN
Al inicio de la conversación con Donald Trump dejé claro que México no pagará por el muro.
3:51 PM - 31 Aug 2016
Translation: At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump
I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.
Peña Nieto followed up, declaring that From there, the conversation addressed other issues, and followed in a respectful manner.
MORE:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/31/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-mexico-us-election-livedonald-trump-hillary-clinton-mexico-us-election-live
MORE:
https://thinkprogress.org/mexican-president-fact-checks-donald-trump-to-his-face-in-spanish-94bb3491efa3#.65feq7g4j
Trump told reporters after the meeting that although the wall had been discussed,
payment for the wall had not.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/31/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-mexico-us-election-livedonald-trump-hillary-clinton-mexico-us-election-live
VIDEO OF LIE:
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/771084133174915072
sarae
(3,284 posts)ETA: nevermind, just saw your update, thanks!
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Bing fail
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That's from a Spanish-speaking human translator actually translating, not a computer program.
I wish we had more because I doubt the President thinks there is any chance trump will be elected. He invited Trump to Mexico, if that much is true, to school him.
And to sell more pinatas. They are 100% Made in Mexico by authentic Mexican artists.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)beat the ever living crap out of one of those this past weekend, and it was glorious! I'll bet if you beat the real thing, you don't get tiny bottles of liquor. One guy at the party insisted it was Bill Clinton, exposing himself in front of everyone as a Trump supporter. He sat with his back to the festivities, pouting as Trump was getting decapitated.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)is unworthy of being called a 'translation'.
(And meanwhile the marketeers try to tell us we're about to be overlorded by artificially-intelligent robots)?
kpete
(71,991 posts)peace,
kp
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)kpete
(71,991 posts)Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)... And there are billion-dollar startups producing this kind of shit?
SCliberal91294
(170 posts)Nt
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Amnesty Don lies about payment not being discussed.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Apparently Donnie's mommy never told him
"if you keep making that ugly pouty face, it will stick that way'
True Dough
(17,304 posts)When it comes to paying for the border wall, he said, "Remember, I am Enrique Pena Nyet-o."