mexican president enrique pe<u+00f1>a nieto signaled his country is willing to work with donald trump. the pair met in mexico in august. | getty by madeline conway 11/09/16 10:53 am est enrique pe<u+00f1>a nieto, the president of mexico, joined other world leaders on wednesday to congratulate donald trump for his shocking victory in the u.s., telling the republican who once called some mexican immigrants rapists and criminals that his country is willing to work with him. <u+201c>i congratulate the usa for its electoral process and i reiterate to @realdonaldtrump our willingness to work together in favor of the bilateral relationship,<u+201d> pe<u+00f1>a nieto tweeted . story continued below trump<u+2019>s divisive presidential campaign started out with him insulting mexico and promising to build a wall along the country<u+2019>s border with the u.s. he regularly promised his supporters on the trail that mexico would pay for such a wall, although mexican leaders have said they would not pay for it. in a move that observers largely dismissed as a campaign stunt at the time, trump made an impromptu trip to meet with pe<u+00f1>a nieto in mexico city in august, and pe<u+00f1>a nieto said afterward that he had told trump mexico would not pay for a border wall. among other points, trump also campaigned on a platform of renegotiating the north american free trade agreement, which bill clinton signed into law. when pe<u+00f1>a nieto and trump met in august, they also held a joint press conference, when the mexican president argued in favor of free trade on the continent. trump followed that relatively cordial meeting with a fiery speech on immigration back in the u.s. pe<u+00f1>a nieto later called trump<u+2019>s ideas a <u+201c>threat to the future of mexico.<u+201d> by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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