Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled his planned meeting with President Trump over disagreements about who would pay for construction of a proposed border wall between the two countries — advancing a growing diplomatic rift between the U.S. and one of its most important trading partners. In a tweet, Peña Nieto said his government informed the White House on Thursday morning that the meeting in Washington, planned for next Tuesday, was off. Trump says meeting with Mexican president would have been 'fruitless' »The rift has huge implications for both countries, which each year do a half a trillion dollars in trade. “It was a declaration of war,” said Mexican political analyst Jose Antonio Crespo. If you could talk to someone on the other side of the political spectrum about President Trump, what would you say to them?

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2017 17:12 UTC