Trump Says Mexico Will Pay For Wall, Mexican President Says Mexico Won't Pay For Wall

Republican nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he discussed the wall he wants to build along the southern border with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto -- but not which country would pay for it.

Trump's call for a wall that Mexico would pay for is a central theme on the campaign trail and one he frequently uses to fire up his supporters, so its omission from Wednesday's conversation was particularly noteworthy.
"Who pays for the wall? We didn't discuss," Trump said when asked by a reporter during a news conference following their meeting in Mexico City. "We did discuss the wall. We didn't discuss payment of the wall. That'll be for a later date."
It is a cost that Peña Nieto has refused to shoulder, just one of many issues where the two men have clashed. Peña Nieto greeted Trump with an earful on trade and the importance of ties between the US and its southern neighbor.
The Republican presidential candidate made a last-minute trip Wednesday to Mexico in his first visit after becoming the nominee to meet with a world leader -- one who has publicly insulted him and criticized his immigration and border policies.
In his visit, Trump sought to project presidential gravitas ahead of a big speech later Wednesday in Arizona meant to clarify his immigration policy and, apparently, counter accusations that he dabbles in racist appeals to supporters.
Peña Nieto began his remarks alongside Trump by saying the two held a constructive exchange of views even though "we might not agree on everything." He then launched into a detailed defense of US-Mexican trade and its benefit to both countries delivered by the North American Free Trade Agreement -- a common punching bag for Trump on the campaign trail.
Trump, who listened to his host's long remarks with a somber look on his face while a woman stood beside him at the podium translating for him, said that Mexicans were "spectacular"
people when it was his turn to talk.