Mexico has insisted that it will not pay for the construction of a wall on the border with the US “under any circumstances” hours after President Donald took to Twitter to renew his pledge to make Mexico City fund the controversial border barrier.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that Mexico will pay for the border wall to be constructed between the two countries.
“With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other,” Trump wrote.
However, the Mexican Foreign Ministry was quick to respond in a statement, saying the country will not pay for the wall or any other border barrier “under any circumstances.”
“This determination is not part of a Mexican negotiating strategy, but a principle of national sovereignty and dignity,” the statement said.
A wall cannot stop “illicit drugs, arms and money trafficking between the two countries,” the ministry…