Posted on 08/13/2015 1:46:37 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Before he had even officially announced his run for the GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump was talking up his plan to make Mexico pay to build a massive wall along its border with the United States.
They will pay for it because they have really ripped this country off, he said in an interview back in May. They have really taken advantage of us both economically and at the border. They will pay for that fence.
And his position has not changed in the months since. Just this week, speaking to Fox News Sean Hannity, Trump reiterated the claim, saying, Were not paying for it. You know how easy that is? Theyll probably just give us the money.
I watch politicians come on: Can you imagine, Sean, hes saying Mexicos going to pay? Theyll never pay. And Im saying, thats like a hundred percent, Trump added. Thats not like 98 percent. Sean, its a hundred percent theyre [going to] pay. And if they dont pay, well charge em a little tariff. Itll be paid. But we need the wall.
Well, now the Mexican government has spoken and their message is: Not so fast.
Of course its false, Eduardo Sanchez, a spokesperson for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto told Bloomberg in an interview last night. It reflects an enormous ignorance for what Mexico represents, and also the irresponsibility of the candidate whos saying it.
Mexicans in the U.S. work with passion, they do their jobs well, Sanchez added. His comments reflect an enormous lack of knowledge of the reality in the U.S.
Of course, this is not the first time the Mexican government has had to correct Trump. Following the candidates controversial comments about Mexican rapists, Mexicos Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong called the claims prejudiced and absurd and said Trump surely doesnt know the contributions made by migrants from practically every nation in the world, who have supported the development of the United States.
That headline sort of goes along with what Trump has been saying about how Mexico is always calling the shots.
I'll bet the open-borderers always lock their doors before leaving home, and would be among the first to call the police if some homeless guy were to wander in and start helping himself to their refrigerator....
Not exactly sure it’s THEIR CHOICE
Only liberals wish things into being. Trump’s insistence that Mexico will pay for a border fence is completely delusional.
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