--- title: Donald Trump Arrives in Mexico for Meeting description: Trump is scheduled to land in Mexico City at noon for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto canonical: https://time.com/4474046/watch-live-donald-trump-mexico-enrique-pena-nieto/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T14:41:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:14:25.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Donald Trump Arrive in Mexico City og:description: Trump will meet the Mexican president ahead of an Arizona speech on immigration og:url: https://time.com/4474046/watch-live-donald-trump-mexico-enrique-pena-nieto/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4d257058baeedb3/6988a41f196cf4a2ed03d018/campaign-2016-trump_fitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4382 og:image:height: 2465 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Donald Trump Arrive in Mexico City twitter:description: Trump will meet the Mexican president ahead of an Arizona speech on immigration twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4d257058baeedb3/6988a41f196cf4a2ed03d018/campaign-2016-trump_fitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks in Mexico City > Sponsored content. 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Trump promises on Twitter that he'll make a major speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, carrying his self-declared "immigration week" into a second. In this Aug. 27, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump promises on Twitter that he'll make a major speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, carrying his self-declared "immigration week" into a second. Gerald Herbert—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:14 AM UTCPublished: Aug 31, 2016 2:41 PM UTC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump [landed in Mexico City](http://time.com/4473621/donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico/?xid=homepage) on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Trump will travel by helicopter to the presidential palace, avoiding highway gridlock and roadside protesters, the [New York _Times_ reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/us/politics/donald-trump-mexico.html?%5Fr=0). The meeting will take place only hours before Trump gives a [major speech in Arizona](http://time.com/4470421/donald-trump-immigration-speech-arizona/), clarifying his often-controversial stance on immigration. The Mexican president has been one of Trump’s most vocal critics, and the billionaire [confirmed in a tweet](http://time.com/4473621/donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico/) Tuesday that he accepted an invitation to take a meeting before his Arizona speech. Trump has long called for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, asserting that Mexico will pay for it. 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