Top Mexican official calls US border wall a ‘hostile’ act
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s foreign relations secretary called U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall an “unfriendly, hostile” act, adding Tuesday that it is a “bad idea” that will not accomplish anything.
And while Trump has repeatedly asserted that he will get the U.S.’s neighbour to pay for building the wall, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray repeated in a meeting with legislators that Mexico’s won’t pay a cent for it.
Trump had requested that Congress provide U.S. funds to begin the wall, but he signalled Monday that he would not insist on it, saying he might be willing to wait until September for the funding.
Videgaray also said Mexico’s government would consider reducing security co-operation with the United States if talks on immigration and trade issues don’t go well.