?I have said time and time again, Mexico will not pay for any wall,? Pe?a Nieto told the nation in his short video statement on Wednesday night. Mexico?s president has once again declared that ?Mexico will not pay for any wall? but stopped short of cancelling a visit to Washington after Donald Trump signed executive orders that include building the border barrier. Many in the political class had called on Pe?a Nieto to cancel his meeting after Trump signed the executive order. Late on Wedneday a senior government official told the Associated Press that the Mexican president was ?considering? calling off the visit to Washington. Pe?a Nieto has consistently rejected Trump?s suggestion that Mexico will pay for the border wall and promised to put Mexico first in any negotiations.

Chief of Staff Reince Priebus called the 20 percent tax on Mexican imports is one of a "buffet of options. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox in a video posted on Twitter implored Trump to rethink his position. Trump later was asked by NBC News about the 20 percent import tax and replied, "We`re going to tax people coming in. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday afternoon that President Donald Trump was not formally proposing a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for his controversial border wall, but rather considering it among a menu of options. "I`m deeply concerned by President Trump`s statements today reaffirming his commitment to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)," McCain said.

He claimed that when he asked intelligence chiefs if torture works, ?The answer was yes, absolutely.? The brazen support for torture comes after news that Trump wants to sign an executive order to reinstate ?black sites,? secret detention facilities that held terrorism suspects around the world. Donald Trump says torture ?absolutely? works: ?We have to fight fire with fire??Mexico will not pay for any wall?Mexico?s president, Enrique Pe?a Nieto, has restated his promise not to pay a single peso for the wall Donald Trump has vowed to build on the US-Mexico border. Defense secretary James Mattis and CIA director Mike Pompeo were reportedly ?blindsided? by the news of an executive order reinstating black sites. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that called for the immediate construction of the wall. The executive order was met with backlash in Mexico as many called for Nieto to cancel his trip.