UPDATE | Pelosi: Trump thinks Mexico will pay for wall

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump thinks Mexico will pay for the border wall through the new trade deal.

Pelosi told colleagues privately the president insisted during an Oval Office meeting today that Mexico will pay for the wall "one way or another."

She told him Mexico isn't going to pay for it.

The president responded that Mexico would pay with money the U.S. will make from the revised North American Free Trade Deal, known as USMCA.

Pelosi told the president "that's terrible" and told him she's going to "go out and tell people that you think that Mexico is paying for it with money that should be going into our economy."

Pelosi's remarks to Democrats were described by an aide in the room who was not authorized to speak publicly.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the military will build his promised border wall "if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country."

Trump tweets today immigration and border patrol agents and the military have done a "FANTASTIC" job securing the border with Mexico. But Trump says "A Great Wall" would be a "far easier & less expensive solution." He claims Democrats don't want border security for "strictly political reasons."

Some government funding expires Dec. 21 and the risk of shutdown looms if Trump and Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi can't reach an agreement when they meet later today at the White House.

Trump wants at least $5 billion for the wall in the next funding package. Democrats are offering $1.3 billion for fencing and other border-security measures.