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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump's unpredictability shown in transcript of call with Mexican president

    A transcript of a phone call between President Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto reveals Trump being willing to cut off relations if Pena Nieto kept saying Mexico wouldn’t pay for the border wall.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    A transcript of a phone call between President Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto reveals Trump being willing to cut off relations if Pena Nieto kept saying Mexico wouldn’t pay for the border wall.

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    What we learn from transcript of Trump and Pena Nieto call
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    What we learn from transcript of Trump and Pena Nieto call
    1. 0:00Trump's unpredictability shown in transcript of call with Mexican presidentYou’re reading this
    2. 6:35El Mencho: Bigger threat to U.S. than El Chapo
    3. 22:52CRISPR cuts out disease-causing genes, raises fears of designer babies
    4. 29:49Japan faces lowest birth rate in a century -- because of men
    5. 38:11Is Mark Zuckerberg planning a political campaign?
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