Mexico’s president cancels visit with Trump

Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto says he’s informed the White House he has canceled a trip to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump amid tension over a border wall.

"This morning we have informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the @POTUS." https://t.co/edcl6qZM0d

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 26, 2017

Esta mañana hemos informado a la Casa Blanca que no asistiré a la reunión de trabajo programada para el próximo martes con el @POTUS.

— Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) January 26, 2017

Trump had tweeted Thursday morning that if Mexico is unwilling to pay for a wall along the U.S. border, “then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.”

of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017

The developments come the day after Trump said he will jump-start construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and cut federal grants for immigrant-protecting “sanctuary cities.”

Read more: Paul Ryan: Congress will pay billions for border wall

In a separate tweet Thursday morning, Trump said NAFTA “has been a one-sided deal” with jobs and companies suffering as a result.

Trump has said he wants to renegotiate the NAFTA trade deal with Mexico and Canada. He said Thursday the deal has resulted in “massive numbers of jobs and companies lost.”

The Associated Press wrote this report.