'Totally-Not-Gay' But Caught With His Hand In The 'Tip Jar'

'Totally-not-tipping' Aaron Schock (screen capture)

'Totally-not-gay' former Republican Congressman Aaron Schock was recently caught on video tipping a go-go dancer at Boy Bar, a gay club in Mexico City this past weekend.

The Daily Mail was first to share the video footage which quickly went viral.

“The last person I would expect to see in Boy Bar is a former Republican congressman,” said the individual who recorded 37-year-old Schock at the nightclub. “I was taking a video of the go-go dancer on stage and all of a sudden I saw him.

"He looked like he was enjoying himself," added the source.

Here's a GIF of Aaron Schock tipping the hot go-go dancer in the Mexico City gay bar. pic.twitter.com/tY1WmL07jp

— 🇺🇸🌊 Kal-El of Krypton 🏳️‍🌈🌽 (@MadeOnKrypton) June 27, 2019

To be honest, I'm terrible with faces, so I don't know that I would have recognized the former lawmaker in a gay bar in another country.

But Schock did post on his Instagram that he was visiting Mexico City over the weekend, so...

View this post on Instagram

Caminando por el castillo. #mexicocity🇲🇽

A post shared by Aaron Schock (@aaronschock) on Jun 22, 2019 at 5:15pm PDT

Schock resigned from Congress in 2015 amid allegations he had misappropriated campaign funds for his own use.

This past March, federal prosecutors agreed to drop 24 charges of fraud, making false statements and theft of government funds if he repaid more than $100,000 in misappropriated funds.

Over the past several months, Schock, who has never publicly come out, has been spotted frolicking with shirtless gay men in a number of locales including the Coachella festival and a West Hollywood hotel pool.

Long suspected of being gay, Schock angered the LGBTQ community by voting against LGBTQ rights and interests during his time in the House.

As a congressman representing Illinois, he voted against the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," against adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the federal hate crime laws, and for the Defense of Marriage Act, which would have defined marriage as only between a man and a woman.

To be clear, I'm never one to out a gay person UNLESS they used their position to harm the LGBTQ community while enjoying the privileges that we've fought for.

The Twitterverse has had a field day with the new-found video clip:

“Hey Cutie, I’m Aaron Schock. As a congressman I voted against marriage equality, the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and Equal Protections for LGBT folk. Now hold still while I shove this dollar down your shorts.” pic.twitter.com/YLGDXrW9Ei

— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) June 27, 2019

Ladies, get yourself a man that looks at you the way Anti-Gay GOP Congressman Aaron Schock does tipping a Go-Go boy in a Mexico City gay bar pic.twitter.com/CcgL4FlPUf

— skylar (@notzaizu) June 28, 2019

@aaronschock I support your lifestyle choice pic.twitter.com/DDETnKqQus

— brian laughlin (@zombie_ducky_82) June 28, 2019

There’s no shame in tipping male dancers. Lord knows I’ve done it a time or two. Then again, I’ve been out since I was 18, and have never been an anti-gay Republican congressman like @aaronschock. https://t.co/nQP5ZMBjHP

— George Henson, PhD (@unpoetaloco) June 27, 2019

@aaronschock at least you were decent enough to make some eye contsct pic.twitter.com/cUnBY4snEk

— Chucky. (@HolyShitItsWade) June 28, 2019

Aaron Schock: "I don't mind male strippers being gay, I just don't know why they have to shove it down my throat all the time." https://t.co/fpoi2I7Msh

— Amir Talai (@AmirTalai) June 28, 2019

@aaronschock I hope it was a "big" tip! pic.twitter.com/bvWMgwyIdJ

— SHC Ultra (@ShcUltra) June 28, 2019

NY Times: US/Mexico Agreement Was Not 'Last Minute' But Agreed To Months Ago

Donald Trump

Late Friday evening, Donald Trump enthusiastically announced that his threat of a tariff war with Mexico had been avoided.

I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019

....stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019

Trump faced intense pressure from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers to not implement the tariffs. So, you can imagine why he was so proud of the 'last minute' agreement.

But was it?

The New York Times is reporting that much of the new 'deal' was agreed upon months ago according to officials from both the U.S. and Mexico familiar with the progress of the deal.

It would appear that the Trumpster's tweets were basically theater.

Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.

The centerpiece of Mr. Trump’s deal was an expansion of a program to allow asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their legal cases proceed. But that arrangement was first reached in December in a pair of painstakingly negotiated diplomatic notes that the two countries exchanged. Ms. Nielsen announced the Migrant Protection Protocols during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee five days before Christmas.

And over the past week, negotiators failed to persuade Mexico to accept a “safe third country” treaty that would have given the United States the legal ability to reject asylum seekers if they had not sought refuge in Mexico first.

It was unclear whether Mr. Trump believed that the agreement truly represented new and broader concessions, or whether the president understood the limits of the deal but accepted it as a face-saving way to escape from the political and economic consequences of imposing tariffs on Mexico.

Having threatened Mexico with an escalating series of tariffs — starting at 5 percent and growing to 25 percent — the president faced enormous criticism from global leaders, business executives, Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and members of his own staff that he risked disrupting a critical marketplace.

After nine days of uncertainty, Mr. Trump backed down and accepted Mexico’s promises.

FACT: The joint US-Mexico declaration, which is less than 500 words long, requires Mexico to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING it isn't already doing.

It is not a "deal."

It is a fig leaf to cover up Trump's humiliating diplomatic defeat

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 8, 2019

As usual Trump made a threat (tariffs on Mexico) that he couldn’t fulfill (Congress was going to block him) and so he had no leverage with Mexico.

Mexico knew this, so they just committed to do things they were already doing. No breakthrough. No way to judge if they make good.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 8, 2019

"Analysts said the changes announced on immigration appeared to amount to little more than a continuation of steps the two countries had already agreed in December. ..." IOW Trump backed down amid party complaints about pending economic/political doom. https://t.co/Hv3xtO6vtq

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 8, 2019

Senate Republicans Are NOT Happy About Trump's Mexican Tariffs

Donald Trump 

Senate Republicans appear to be on a collision course with their own president over Donald Trump's announced plans to place big ticket tariffs on imports from Mexico.

Via The New York Times:

Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were almost uniformly opposed to President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.

“I want you to take a message back” to the White House, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, told the lawyers, according to people familiar with the meeting. Mr. Cruz warned that “you didn’t hear a single yes” from the Republican conference. He called the proposed tariffs a $30 billion tax increase on Texans.

Texas would be hit the hardest by the proposed tariffs on Mexican products, followed by Michigan, California, Illinois and Ohio, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

A 25 percent tariff would threaten $26.75 billion of Texas imports. “We’re holding a gun to our own heads,” said Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called the tariffs "a distraction:"

Pelosi on Trump's proposed Mexico tariffs: "It's wrong. I don't even think it rises to the level of policy. I think it's notion-mongering ... it's really, well, let's face what it is: It's a distraction from the Mueller report. And it's served its purpose. Here we are."
Via ABC pic.twitter.com/jSsie1m0By

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 5, 2019

“Summing up the mood of the lunch, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said, according to sources familiar with the matter: The administration ‘trying to use tariffs to solve every problem but HIV and climate change.’” ⁦@burgessev⁩ & ⁦@JamesArkin⁩ https://t.co/hBldHNFDNC

— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) June 5, 2019

.@LACaldwellDC: "More than half a dozen Republicans stood up" to tell White House lawyers in a Tuesday meeting that they disagreed with administration's push for tariffs on Mexico.

"They offered tremendous warning signs to these White House officials saying: Don't move forward."

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 4, 2019

NY Times: No Power, Hot Food Or Thanksgiving For US Troops At Mexican Border

The New York Times has published a devastating depiction of the 5,600 US troops sent to the US/Mexican border.

Even though the migrant caravan isn't expected to reach the border for weeks, and the Border Patrol & National Guard were more than equipped to handle the situation, the soldiers were deployed as part of Donald Trump's explosive midterm election campaign promises.

But it turns out reality isn't nearly as winning as a stump speech at a campaign rally.

There's little electricity, no hot food, showers were only recently constructed, and most of the soldiers will miss not only Veterans Day with their families, but most probably Thanksgiving as well.

All so Donald Trump could whip up his followers.

From The New York Times:

The military’s morale issue is almost as worrisome. The deployment orders last until Dec. 15, meaning the troops will be on the border over Thanksgiving. They will have little to do beyond providing logistical support, unless Mr. Trump declares martial law. The troops will not be enforcing United States immigration law — that would run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, unless a special exception is made.

“When you give a soldier a real mission, you have less of a morale problem, even if it’s Christmas or Thanksgiving,” said Representative Anthony G. Brown, Democrat of Maryland and a former Army helicopter pilot who served in the Iraq war. “But when you send a soldier on a dubious mission, with no military value, over Thanksgiving, it doesn’t help morale at all.”

As it was at the bases in those early war zones, electricity at Base Camp Donna is scarce except to power lights and communications gear. In the last several days, the soldiers installed a small shower tent. Men and women have set hours for bathing. Permitted shower length: seven minutes.

There is no mess hall, just the brown, prepackaged M.R.E.’s. Military police officers patrol the perimeter at night, armed with handguns. The tents sleep 20 soldiers and have no electricity or air-conditioning. Phone charging is relegated to a few generators that power the spotlights around the living area.

Military experts estimate the deployment could cost as much as $200 million.

NYT reports that instead of watching football with their families this Veterans Day weekend, the troops sent by Trump to the border are webbing wire on the banks of the Rio Grande. Whattaburger runs are off limits, so they eat chicken & noodle rations. https://t.co/7mj8mJ4vyw

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) November 11, 2018

News Round-Up: July 3, 2018

(image via Instagram)

Some news stories you might have missed:

• Chippendales' Okewa (above) celebrates his 30th trip around the sun today. I'd say 'woof' but we can settle for a 'meow' given the pic :)

• A 19-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime after he allegedly beat up and trapped a 50-year-old gay man in a basement apartment.

• The vice mayor of a small California town is facing recall after penning an op-ed sarcastically calling for a 'Straight Pride' month.

• In an interview with Andrew Denton on the Australian talk show Interview, actor Guy Pearce was asked his thoughts on working with Kevin Spacey. The actor replied: “Yeah … yeah. Tough one to talk about at the moment. Amazing actor; incredible actor. Mmm. Slightly difficult time with Kevin. He’s a handsy guy.”

• After appearing in the 2003 film School of Rock with Jack Black, then-child actor Brian Falduto was severely bullied for playing a character perceived to be gay.

• The rising cost of PrEP is keeping it out of reach for many.

• Mexico's newly-elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, name checked LGBTs in his victory speech.

Trump: National Guard Will "Seal" The Southern Border

Donald Trump

Trump took to Twitter today to tout his plan to have National Guard troops head to the U.S.-Mexico border to help with border security.

From Politico:

On Friday, the first wave of troops left Arizona and Texas en route to their deployment.

As he has in the past, Trump slammed Democrats for not being tougher on immigration, but his plan to send troops to the border mirrors similar actions by then-Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Trump tweeted, "We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!"

The move begs the question: If the National Guard can "seal" the southern border, why do we need to build a $40 billion wall?

We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

When Obama sent the National guard to the border, it was because of a surge in illegal crossings. When GW Bush sent them, there was around 1 million illegal crossings. Currently, illegal crossings are at a 46 year low. The only "crisis" now is that Mueller is closing in on Trump.

— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) April 7, 2018

Today's BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: Miles completed yesterday-Zero; Miles completed since Inauguration-- Zero. NEXT UPDATE TOMORROW.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 7, 2018

Someone tell Trump that refugees are in caravans headed to Puerto Rico so he’ll send National Guard troops there instead. https://t.co/1Skd0DTnS8

— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 7, 2018

(h/t JoeMyGod)

Mexican President Cancels White House Visit After "Testy" Phone Call Over Border Wall

Donald Trump (L) and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (R)

The tense relationship between Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto continues in "testy" territory as a tentative plan for Peña Nieto to visit the White House has been scrapped thanks to disagreement regarding Trump's long-promised border wall.

From The Washington Post:

Peña Nieto was eyeing an official trip to Washington this month or in March, but both countries agreed to call off the plan after Trump would not agree to publicly affirm Mexico’s position that it would not fund construction of a border wall that the Mexican people widely consider offensive, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a confidential conversation.

Speaking by phone on Tuesday, Peña Nieto and Trump devoted a considerable portion of their roughly 50 minute conversation to the wall, and neither man would compromise his position.

One Mexican official said Trump “lost his temper.” But U.S. officials described him instead as being frustrated and exasperated, saying Trump believed it was unreasonable for Peña Nieto to expect him to back off his crowd-pleasing campaign promise of forcing Mexico to pay for the wall.

During a phone call in January 2017, Trump admitted to Peña Nieto that they both were "in a little bit of a bind" over the promised border wall.

“The fact is, we are both in a little bit of a political bind because I have to have Mexico pay for the wall,” Trump told Peña Nieto. “I have to. I have been talking about it for a two-year period. If you are going to say that Mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then I do not want to meet with you guys anymore because I cannot live with that.”

Trump Demands $18 Billion For Mexico Wall In Exchange For Saving DACA Recipients

After a bipartisan panel of five U.S. Senators have spent months hashing out an immigration deal that would tighter national security while also giving DACA recipients protection from deportation, Donald Trump has upended the game board issuing a list of demands including $18 billion to begin building a wall on the U.S./Mexican border before he will grant young immigrants protection.

From The New York Times:

The request, which totals $33 billion over a period of 10 years for border security measures including the wall, could jeopardize bipartisan talks aimed at getting an immigration deal. Among the items on Mr. Trump’s immigration wish-list: money to hire 10,000 additional immigration officers, tougher laws for those seeking asylum, and denial of federal grants to so-called “sanctuary cities.”

The list, delivered to Senator Richard J. Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who has been leading the talks related to young immigrants without documentation, is identical to one Democrats declared a non-starter when the White House issued it in October.

“President Trump has said he may need a good government shutdown to get his wall,” a furious Mr. Durbin said in an emailed statement Friday afternoon. “With this demand, he seems to be heading in that direction.’’

A poll in September (above) shows 62% of all Americans oppose building a wall along the U.S./Mexico border. Only 27% "strongly support" the idea of a wall.

This is why Trump cancelled #DACA - so he could issue an $18 billion ransom note for #Dreamers. It's despicable. https://t.co/s629Sskvaj

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) January 6, 2018

Trump holds the DACA kids lives hostage. He says no wall, no DACA.https://t.co/iOZnXqfKRQ

— Gamora🔥💖 (@exoticgamora) January 5, 2018

Sign Of The Time: Mexico Edition

Currently in Puerto Vallarta for hot hubby's birthday.

There are lots of signs like the above all over ;)

White House Transcripts: Trump Begged Mexican President To Stop Saying Mexico Will Not Pay For "The Wall"

A transcript of newly-elected President Trump's first phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto shows Trump knew he'd painted himself into a corner campaigning on "The Wall" to be paid for by Mexico.

Trump was most concerned that the Mexican president continued to say his country would not be paying for any wall.

From the Washington Post:

“You cannot say that to the press,” Trump said repeatedly, according to a transcript of the Jan. 27 call obtained by The Washington Post. Trump made clear that he realized the funding would have to come from other sources but threatened to cut off contact if Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto continued to make defiant statements.

The funding “will work out in the formula somehow,” Trump said, adding later that “it will come out in the wash, and that is okay.” But “if you are going to say that Mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then I do not want to meet with you guys anymore because I cannot live with that.”

Trump also told with the Mexican president that he won the state of New Hampshire (he didn't) because "New Hampshire is a drug-infested den."

That's an American president denigrating a state to the head of a foreign nation.

The article goes on to chronicle Trump's heated conversation with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a previous agreement by the U.S. to accept 1,250 economic refugees.

“I hate taking these people,” Trump said. “I guarantee you they are bad. That is why they are in prison right now. They are not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people” — an apparent reference to U.S. dairy farms.

Turnbull tried to salvage the deal, noting that the detainees were economic refugees who had not been accused of crimes. He explained that they were being denied entry into Australia because of a policy aimed at discouraging human smuggling.

“There is nothing more important in business or politics than a deal is a deal,” Turnbull said. “You can certainly say that it was not a deal that you would have done, but you are going to stick with it.”

Trump only became angrier, saying the refugees could “become the Boston bomber in five years.”

“I think it is a horrible deal, a disgusting deal that I would have never made,” Trump said. “As far as I am concerned, that is enough, Malcolm. I have had it.”

Response from the Twitterverse:

wtf pic.twitter.com/q7NEuTBtCb

— Jonathan M. Katz 听不懂 (@KatzOnEarth) August 3, 2017

Dear @realDonaldTrump: As a Member of House Foreign Affairs Cmte, I'm reminding you that Australia & Mexico are our allies & Russia is not. https://t.co/5n2FbCzHwJ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 3, 2017

NH's Republican Governor: "The President is wrong." pic.twitter.com/wGlFlibcLg

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2017

In Feb, when @gregpmiller & I reported tense Trump-Turnbull call, Trump called it "FAKE" & a lie. Greg got transcript showing it's very real https://t.co/wLcCUzpgNu

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 3, 2017

WaPo transcript confirms what most of us have known: that Donald is a con man.

His 33% approval rating shows others are realizing it too. https://t.co/CchSLAcgdx

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 3, 2017

Boy Scouts & Mexican President Call Out Trump For Making Up Congratulatory Phone Calls

Donald Trump enjoys his flights of fancy

During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump said the Boy Scouts called him to say his speech at last week's Jamboree was "the greatest speech that was ever made to them."

The Boy Scouts have countered saying they know of no such phone call being made.

From the AP:

Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday, “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful.” Politico published the transcript of the interview.

“We are unaware of any such call,” the Boy Scouts responded in a statement. It specified that neither of the organization’s two top leaders — President Randall Stephenson and Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh — had placed such a call.

The White House had no immediate response to the Boy Scouts’ denial.

Surbaugh apologized last week to members of the scouting community who were offended by the political rhetoric in Trump’s July 24 speech in West Virginia.

Other U.S. presidents have delivered nonpolitical speeches at past jamborees. To the dismay of many parents and former scouts, Trump promoted his political agenda and derided his rivals, inducing some of the scouts in attendance to boo at the mention of former President Barack Obama.

“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree,” Surbaugh said. “That was never our intent.”

During the Boy Scouts section of the interview, Trump grew irritated that a reporter in the room referred to the speech as getting "mixed" reception.

“There was no mix there,” Trump said. “That was a standing ovation from the time I walked out to the time I left, and for five minutes after I had already gone. There was no mix.”

In related news, CBS reports that Trump's recent claim that Mexican President Nieto called him to congratulate him on such a great job on border control is false.

As Mr. Trump welcomed his new Chief of Staff John Kelly to the Cabinet table on Monday, Mr. Trump took time to applaud the work Kelly had done during his time leading the Department of Homeland Security. “At Homeland, what he has done has been nothing short of miraculous,” Mr. Trump said of Kelly.

He went on, saying, “As you know, the border was a tremendous problem and they’re close to 80 percent stoppage. And even the president of Mexico called me — they said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment.”

But Nieto denies that ever happened. In a statement released by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, Nieto “has not recently spoken to President Donald Trump over the telephone.”

So, is Trump lying? Or is he delusional?

Trump To Implement 20% Tax On All Imports From Mexico To Pay For Border Wall

President Trump (L), Mexican President Pena Nieto (R)

Now we know how President Trump plans to pay for the border wall he campaigned on so strenuously.

The New York Times reports:

President Trump plans to make Mexico pay for his border wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports into the United States from Mexico, raising billions of dollars that would cover the cost of the new barrier.

The proposal, which Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said the president discussed privately with congressional Republicans before giving remarks at a party retreat here, would be a major new economic proposal that could have far-reaching implications for consumers, manufacturers and relations between the two governments.

Mr. Spicer said the 20 percent tax on annual Mexican imports would raise $10 billion a year and would easily pay for a border wall that is estimated to cost between $8 billion and $20 billion. The value of imported goods from Mexico in 2015 was $296 billion. Mr. Spicer said taxing imports is something that 160 other countries already do.

The new tax would be imposed on Mexico as part of a tax overhaul that Mr. Trump intends to pursue with the Republican Congress. Mr. Spicer said the tax initially would apply only to Mexico, but that the president supports imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports.

It seems to me that if this plan goes forward, it's the American people who will be paying for "the wall" buy having to pay 20% more for imported goods from Mexico.

The Times goes on to say new legislation would have to be crafted to implement such an import tax.

As earlier reported, a planned meeting of the two presidents scheduled for January 31 was cancelled today by the Mexican president. See tweet below from the Mexican president:

UPDATE - The White House is walking running this back now:

BREAKING: Spicer tells me 20% tax on Mexican imports is NOT a policy proposal, but example of options how to pay for wall.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) January 26, 2017

NEW: To punctuate point, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus tells me 20% tax on Mexican imports is one of a "buffet of options." https://t.co/Gtf3PdLZmI

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) January 26, 2017

Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto Cancels Meeting With President Trump

Earlier today, President Trump said it might be better to cancel his upcoming meeting on January 31 with Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto if Mexico continues to resist paying for "The Wall" Trump has proposed to build along the United States' southern border.

It has now been reported that Mexico's Nieto has informed the White House he will not be attending the meeting.

In an interview Wednesday on ABC News, the president said that U.S. funds are necessary for beginning the construction of the wall. “I’m just telling you there will be a payment,” he said. “As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it.”

Pres. Trump: Construction of border wall to begin "in months"; Mexico will "absolutely" reimburse the U.S. for wall. https://t.co/H0uApVrTYu pic.twitter.com/GCK7ISnF8F

— ABC News (@ABC) January 26, 2017

Tweet Of The Day: Who's Paying For The Wall?

Trump Now Says Mexico Will Pay For Border Wall "Later"

Although we heard endless chants of "Who's gonna pay for the wall? Mexico!" throughout the campaign at every single rally, President-elect Trump now would like to build "the wall" now and bill Mexico "later."

And somehow it's the media's fault.

Via The Week:

Donald Trump’s transition team has approached leading House Republicans to let them know the president-elect prefers to have Congress pay for the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, House GOP officials told CNN Thursday. On Friday morning, Trump tweeted that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!” — blaming the “dishonest media” for failing to report that.

Throughout his campaign, Trump emphatically promised that he would force Mexico to pay for the border wall, but now the transition team is telling Republicans in private meetings that he wants to fund it through the appropriations process, the officials said. The GOP could add billions of dollars to the spending bill that must be passed by April 28 in order to keep the government open.

Interestingly, Trump deleted his first tweet and then tweeted this, adding the word "later."

#suckers

UPDATE: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox reiterated via Twitter that Mexico will not be paying "for that fucken wall."

Seen In Mexico

I'm currently in Mexico with the handsome hubby for his birthday celebration.

One bar we were in last night had this sign displayed next to the tip jar.

Donald Trump Promises 35% Tax On Mexican Made Cars

Donald Trump seems to think he can impose taxes at will.

Via the Trumpsters at Breitbart:

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose a 35% tax on any cars made in Mexico to keep companies from moving out of the US. Discussing a scenario where a car company wanted to build a plant in Mexico, Trump stated, “What would President Trump do? So I’d call the head of Ford, or whatever company, but I’d call the head of Ford. I’d say, ‘Congratulations, I understand you’re building a massive plant, in Mexico, and you’re taking a lot of jobs away from us in Michigan and other places. I don’t like that. I don’t like it. I just don’t like it.’ And he’ll say, ‘Well, Mr. President. It’s wonderful, wonderful for the economy. Oh, great, just great.’

“It’s wonderful for whose economy? Not for our economy. We lose on everything. We lose on jobs. We lose on money. We lose on everything. So, what I’d say is the following: ‘I don’t want you to do that. And if you do it, you’re not going to have any cars coming across the border unless you pay a 35% tax.’ That’s it. That’s it. No, that’s it! And they’re going to say — they’re going to say to me, ‘Mr. President, please, please, please.’ Now, I guarantee you. Let’s say I make this call at 9:00 in the morning, by 5:00 in the afternoon, I think the deal is done, they move back to the United States.”

12 Year-Old Boy Tries To Stop Mexican Hate Parade

Over the weekend, members of Mexico’s “pro-family” hate group Frente Nacional por la Familia took to the streets across the nation to protest the inevitable passage of marriage equality.

While the anti-LGBT demonstrators saw their fair share of opposition, perhaps the most striking moment came at a rally in Celaya, Guanajuato when a 12-year-old boy stepped in front of  11,000 protesters in an attempt to stop their march.

Photo journalist Manuel Rodríguez captured the powerful image.

“At first I thought the child was only playing,” Rodríguez admitted to Regeneracion.

But Rodriguez interviewed the child later, who said, “I have an uncle who is gay and I hate the hatred.”

Trump Campaign: Mexico Will Absolutely, Definitely, No-Way-Around-It Pay For "The Wall"

ABC News is reporting that the Trump campaign is holding firm on the promise that, if elected, Donald Trump will build a wall on the southern border of the U.S., and Mexico will absolutely, definitely, no-doubt-about-it pay for it.

Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said the Republican presidential candidate would deliver on his campaign promise to get Mexico to pay for a border wall and that his position has “never changed.”

“He will build that wall, and he has been consistent on that since day one of his candidacy; he will have Mexico pay for it,” Conway said on ABC’s “This Week.” “His position has never changed, on this side of the border or that side of the border.”

.@KellyannePolls: Trump's position on border wall "has never changed, on this side of the border or on that side" https://t.co/ue4dadEltl

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) September 4, 2016

Hillary On Donald Trump's Mexican Fiesta Fiasco

First of all, at this point we don't even know who's telling the truth.

Second, who was this Donald Trump who showed up in Mexico being all meek and low energy?

Does he only talk tough when he's safely inside the US?

As a candidate, Trump has already embarrassed us on the world stage.

Imagine the damage he'd do as president. pic.twitter.com/nmOVOboTYf

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 2, 2016