Pelosi mocks Trump claim on Mexico paying for wall: 'The Oval Office is an evidence-free zone'
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) at a press briefing on Thursday mocked President Trump's claim that Mexico is "paying for the wall" through savings the U.S. will make in a new trade deal known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Pelosi said the claim "doesn't make any sense," calling the Oval Office an "evidence-free zone."
Her comments came in response to Trump's Thursday morning tweet, which read, "I often stated, 'One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.' This has never changed. Our new deal with Mexico (and Canada), the USMCA, is so much better than the old, very costly & anti-USA NAFTA deal, that just by the money we save, MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!"
Pelosi said he made the same claim during her meeting with him this week.
"Basically what he’s saying, any benefit that our economy might have from a revised trade agreement with Mexico and Canada would be spent on the wall instead of growing our economy and increasing paychecks for our workers," Pelosi told reporters. "The American people are still paying the price. Mexico is not paying for this wall.
But maybe he doesn’t understand how a trade agreement works for him to say such a thing,"
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