01/26/2017
On Thursday Mexico's president rudely canceled a planned meeting with President Donald Trump after the U.S. president demanded Mexico pay for the border wall.
The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto hurt by Trumps tweet responded back on Twitter.of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017
President Trump said in his Twitter message on Thursday that Mexico's president should cancel his scheduled visit to Washington if Mexico refuses to pay for the wall. The boarder wall is a major promise Trump had for Americans during his election campaign to curb illegal immigration.
Mexico's peso tumbled to 1 percent after Mexico's president, Pena Nieto fired his tweet, announcing he had canceled a scheduled meeting next week with President Donald Trump.
As of 11:57 a.m. ET, the peso was down by 1.2% at 21.3175 per dollar. 
"This morning we have informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the @POTUS," Peña Nieto tweeted.
Esta mañana hemos informado a la Casa Blanca que no asistiré a la reunión de trabajo programada para el próximo martes con el @POTUS.— Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) January 26, 2017
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