WASHINGTON _ What to do when a guest says he is feeling insulted and may not come to your house? If you're President Donald Trump, you begin spreading the word that he might not be invited after all.
That was Trump's reaction on Twitter on Thursday morning to news out of Mexico, where President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing pressure to skip next week's meeting at the White House.
"If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall," Trump tweeted, "then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting."
The tweets were in stark contrast to Trump's rhetoric Wednesday. While announcing an executive order to begin construction on a border wall that is deeply unpopular in Mexico, Trump insisted that it would be mutually beneficial.
"I have deep admiration for the people of Mexico and I greatly look forward to meeting again with the president of Mexico," he said
Trump campaigned on the wall and the promise that Mexico would pay for it, which the Mexican government has called a non-starter and deeply insulting.
