Mexican ambassador on paying for Trump's wall: 'That will never happen'

The Mexican ambassador to the United States said Thursday Mexico will never cover the cost of the wall that President Trump wants to build along the southern border, and said Mexico doesn’t think the wall is a good idea whoever pays for it.

“If you ask us as your friendly neighbor, no, we don’t think it’s the best idea, nor necessarily the best use of resources. That’s something for the United States to debate internally,” Ambassador Geronimo Gutierrez said during a border security panel at the Aspen Institute in Washington Thursday afternoon after being asked about the wall. “There are many alternatives, and I just would say that those deserve to be reviewed to the extent possible.”