Mexican President Says ‘We Don’t Want to Fight’ After Trump Repeats Border Wall Claim

Mexican President 👤Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday “we don’t want to fight”, responding to reports that U.S. President 👤Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim that Mexico is paying for a border wall, adding that elections are approaching in the United States.

“Our relationship with the government of the United States is good,” said Lopez Obrador, speaking during his regular morning news conference. “We don’t want to fight.”

(Reporting by Julia Love and Abraham Gonzalez; writing by Julia Love, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)