Posted on 07/06/2015 4:58:45 PM PDT by jimbo123
It's safe to say Donald Trump is not backing down after his comments about undocumented immigrants from Mexico caused a massive firestorm last week.
Trump, a real-estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate, discussed the controversy in a brief phone conversation with Business Insider on Monday. He speculated the strong performance of his 2016 campaign contributed to the fact the statements he made during his June 16 launch made headlines weeks after the announcement event.
"One of the reasons was that I went way up in the polls," Trump said of the controversy.
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In his conversation with Business Insider, Trump reread the original portion of his speech that caused the uproar. He also argued one aspect of his position on Mexican immigration has not received enough attention.
"I'm saying the government of Mexico is sending people into our country and no one reports it that way," Trump explained.
Trump pointed to the case where an undocumented immigrant was arrested for killing a woman in San Francisco, California, last week as proof the Mexican government is deliberately sending criminals to the United States.
"The government of Mexico, look this other guy that killed the young woman in San Francisco, they threw him out. They're pushing the bad ones in here," Trump said.
Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who reportedly admitted to the shooting, had been deported to Mexico five times prior to his arrest.
"It's such a sad thing and this is a guy that should have stayed in Mexico. He should not have been allowed in our country and because of the weak borders we have him here," Trump said. "There's an example of how disgraceful it is. He should have been in Mexico. He shouldn't have been in our country."
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How can you not respect the Donald?
Push back. I know, it will never happen.
Mexico is known to have one of the most corrupt governments in the world.
Why should we be surprised it is a common theme among it’s populace.
True, they do actively support moving them out of Mexico.
Oh wait.. he's black and liberal? Never mind.
It was a known fact that during the cold war, the communist government of East Berlin regularly let the mentally ill and criminals go to the west. They did this all the time in order not to deal with them. The Mexican government is doing the same thing. Fidel Castro did the same thing too. This is not unusual and the Mexican government is dumping millions of people it does not know what to do with on the US. Other governments have done it to the US and Mexico is just following suit.
Trump is such a drama queen.
oDUNGheap will flood America with more illegals from Cuba just as he is from Mexico. This is the browning of America.. The most massive Democrat voter surge of all time.. The escalation of the CLOWARD & PIVEN destruction of America by Odungheap!
I don’t think he is exaggerating the problem of the illegal invasion one bit. You may not support him in general, but at least give him credit for calling attention to the horrendous cost of this problem, not just in money but in American lives.
Yes I do ..he’s a very VERY usefull idiot as far as that goes.
That is exactly what they are doing. They are deliberately targeting the section of the populace they don’t want and encouraging them to come here.
Statement from Donald J. Trump:
I don’t see how there is any room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the statement I made on June 16th during my Presidential announcement speech. Here is what I said, and yet this statement is deliberately distorted by the media:
“When Mexico (meaning the Mexican Government) sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you (pointing to the audience). They’re not sending you (pointing again). They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs.They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people! But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people. It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably from the Middle East. But we don’t know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop and it’s got to stop fast.”
What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. This was evident just this week when, as an example, a young woman in San Francisco was viciously killed by a 5 time deported Mexican with a long criminal record, who was forced back into the United States because they didn’t want him in Mexico. This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States. In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican
government. The largest suppliers of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs are Mexican cartels that arrange to have Mexican immigrants trying to cross the borders and smuggle in the drugs. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world. On the other hand, many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally, and are severely hurt by those coming in illegally. I am proud to say that I know many hard working Mexicans—many of them are working for and with me…and, just like our country, my organization is better for it.
The Mexican Government wants an open border as long as it’s a ONE WAY open border into the United States. Not only are they killing us at the border, but they are killing us on trade … and the country of Mexico is making billions of dollars in doing so.
I have great respect for Mexico and love their people and their peoples’ great spirit. The problem is, however, that their leaders are far smarter, more cunning, and better negotiators than ours. To the citizens of the United States, who I will represent far better than anyone else as President, the Mexican government is not our friend…and why should they be when the relationship is totally one sided in their favor on both illegal immigration and trade. I have pointed this out during my speeches and it is something Mexico doesn’t want me to say. In actuality, it was only after my significant rise in the polls that Univision, previously my friend, went ballistic. I believe that my examples of bad trade deals for the United States was of even more concern to the Mexican government than my talk of border security.
I have lost a lot during this Presidential run defending the people of the United States. I have always heard that it is very hard for a successful person to run for President. Macy’s, NBC, Serta and NASCAR have all taken the weak and very sad position of being politically correct even though they are wrong in terms of what is good for our country. Univision, because 70% of their business comes from Mexico, in my opinion, is being dictated to by the Mexican Government. The last thing Mexico wants is Donald Trump as President in that I will make great trade deals for the United States and will have an impenetrable border—only legally approved people will come through easily.
Interestingly, Univision has just announced they are attempting to go public despite very poor and even negative earnings, which is not a good situation for a successful IPO or high stock price—not to mention that I am currently suing them for breach of contract. Remember, Univision is the one who began this charade in the first place, and they are owned by one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest backers. After the speech was made, there were numerous compliments and indeed, many rave “reviews”—there was very little criticism. It wasn’t until a week after my announcement that people started to totally distort these very easy to understand words. If there was something stated incorrectly, it would have been brought up immediately and with great enthusiasm.
The issues I have addressed, and continue to address, are vital steps to Make America Great Again! Additionally, I would be the best jobs President that God ever created. Let’s get to work!
Especially since his business has suffered.
Yet, he is not backing down.
He is doubling down.
Trump may be a farm queen but he is right on this issue. In my view Jeb being “personally affronted” by Trump’s remarks is the biggest drama queen in this. He is closely followed by Romney, Rubio, Pataki, and the rest of the GOP-E who do not want the truth to be heard about because it will upset their Chamber of Commerce Master’s plans.
Farm queen should be drama queen. iPhone issues.
Trump takes on the Mexican Invasion: more power to him.
Trump is doubling down today because the weekend polling is in. Good news for him. Bad news for Jeb, Mexico and the GOP-e.
Trump speaks the truth and your criticism of him is the only thing that aproaches being a drama queen.
And he is absolutely right. Mexican criminals by the thousands and thousands are being let loose in America. (much to the glee and doings of the muzzie in the white mosque)
They, and the millions of muzzie ‘immigrants’ he has let in are turning America into a third world sh*t hole.
Trump is the only one with the guts to tell dumbed down, PC crazed American the truth- and I hope Trump stays in till the bitter end and keeps it up!
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