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Donald Trump called on both Mexico and the US to work together to solve the problem of illegal immigration, but he also clarified that there was no talk of who would pay for \u201cthe wall\u201d when he met with Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto.<\/p>\n
Referring to President Nieto as \u201ca friend\u201d in his speech, the Republican presidential nominee stressed the \u201cdeep roots\u201d that bond both nations. Trump reiterated his concerns surrounding trade and immigration, but spoke of them in terms of shared interests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of value that can be created by both countries working beautifully together, and that, I’m sure, will happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n President Nieto spoke first during their shared press conference, and with a slight disclaimer, noted the \u201ccommon ground\u201d shared with Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cOur border must be viewed as a joint opportunity,\u201d<\/em> Nieto said. \u201cBoth countries must invest more into it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMr. Trump,\u201d<\/em> Nieto also said, \u201cI would like to reiterate what I mentioned to you in private. My priority is to protect Mexicans, wherever they may be. That is my responsibility, and I shall continue to abide by it with great passion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMexicans deserve everyone’s respect,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n Trump opened his remarks, calling the meeting \u201ca great, great honor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was straightforward on my views of the impact of trade and immigration,\u201d<\/em> Trump said, acknowledging the nations\u2019 shared 2,000-mile border, trillions of dollars in annual trade, and millions of illegal border crossings \u201ceveryday.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump added that he had \u201ctremendous feelings for Mexican-Americans,\u201d<\/em> including the \u201ctremendous numbers I employ, and they are amazing people.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump spoke on the issue of illegal immigration as a continental issue, recognizing that many who cross into the US illegally through Mexico come from throughout Central and South America.<\/p>\n Trump expressed a similar outlook on dismantling drug cartels, with the \u201ccooperation\u201d and \u201cintelligence sharing\u201d of Mexico.<\/p>\n On the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, both Trump and Nieto showed willingness to renegotiate portions of the trade deal, with Trump saying \u201cmany improvements\u201d could be made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump called on both Mexico and the US to work together to solve the problem of illegal immigration, but he also clarified that there was no talk of who would pay for \u201cthe wall\u201d when he met with Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto. Referring to President Nieto as \u201ca friend\u201d in his speech, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-264866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}