Donald Trump flew into a nation he has constantly berated during his campaign

to meet President Enrique Pea Nieto and said they discussed a wall Trump has
vowed to build on the US southern border, but not his demand that Mexico pay
for it -- an assertion the Mexican president later disputed.

"Who pays for the wall? We didn't discuss," Trump had 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."
But Pea Nieto later claimed the two had discussed the wall and who would pay
for it -- and he had "made it clear" to Trump it wouldn't be Mexico.
"At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico
will not pay for the wall," Pea Nieto tweeted, after their meeting Wednesday.
Al inicio de la conversacin con Donald Trump dej claro que Mxico no pagar
por el muro.

Enrique Pea Nieto (@EPN) August 31, 2016

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He added that his conversation with the Republican nominee then moved on to
other topics in a respectful fashion.
Jason Miller, Trump's senior communications adviser, called the meeting "the first
part of the discussion and a relationship builder" between the two men, after
Pea Nieto tweeted.
"It was not a negotiation, and that would have been inappropriate. It is
unsurprising that they hold two different views on this issue, and we look forward
to continuing the conversation," he said in a statement.
In subsequent interviews in Mexico, Pea Nieto reiterated his version of events.
He told CNN affiliate Televisa in an interview late Wednesday some of the
positions Trump has taken "are a threat to Mexico."