Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto responds to Trump

Carlos Barria | Reuters

President Donald Trump meets Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

Mexico will “never” pay for a wall that separates its border from the United States, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Tuesday.

The North American country won’t ever finance such a project, Nieto said in a tweet addressed to President Donald Trump.

Nieto tweet: President @realDonaldTrump: NO. Mexico will NEVER pay for a wall. Not now, not ever. Sincerely, Mexico (all of us).

Speaking at a rally earlier in the day, the U.S. leader had said the neighboring nation would eventually foot the bill for a border wall that he claims will stymie illegal immigration into the U.S.

It’s not the first time Nieto has denied the idea.

In 2016, he penned a similar tweet and earlier this year, he postponed plans to visit the White House after an argument with Washington over the matter.