“By doing it that way we can do $10bn a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, later said that the tax was just one of a “buffet of options” the president had to ensure Mexico paid for the wall. Mexican government officials have criticized the ramifications of a border tax and earlier on Thursday Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, cancelled a planned visit to the White House. Trump-Mexico relations hit new low after 20% border wall tax mootedSupport the Guardian’s fearless journalismNever has America needed fearless independent media more. “He wants to be unpredictable in the eyes of the Chinese government,” Pillsbury, who has been advising the Trump team on China, told CGTN, an international mouthpiece for the Chinese government.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 13:29 UTC