Mexico Still Won't Pay for Border Wall, Despite Trump's Threats Over NAFTA

WASHINGTON -- Last week, President Trump told a raucous crowd of supporters in Phoenix that he was willing to shut down the federal government next month if Congress doesn't approve funding for a border wall he'd long promised Mexico would pay for.He also promised that Mexico would end up repaying the U.S. taxpayer, a threat -- or vow -- that he reiterated Sunday on Twitter and on Monday at an East Room news conference.At each juncture, Mexican officials reiterated what they have long maintained. Mexico will not pay for a border wall. Foreign secretary Luis Videgaray Caso repeated that stance on Wednesday after meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, somewhat testily noting that Mexico's position is "explicit and overwhelmingly clear.""The position of the Mexican government is a serious position, it is a professional position, and it is a position based in Mexican sovereignty," he said.  Continue reading...