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Donald Trump Revised Immigration Speech After Mexican Leader’s Tweet

Republican added wording about border wall at last minute after President Enrique Peña Nieto said his nation wouldn’t pay for it

As Donald Trump arrived in Phoenix late Wednesday, fresh from a visit to Mexico City’s presidential palace, he had in his hands a big immigration speech that omitted the usual line that Mexico would have to pay for his proposed wall along the U.S. southern border.

Just after landing, though, Mr. Trump discovered that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto had tweeted that he had told the Republican presidential nominee during their...

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