[Longbow1969]

He also said Mexico’s government was “smarter” than ours. How does one come to that conclusion

It's a stupid thing to say unless he is more specific. I could understand if he said "The Mexican government is much smarter than our leaders on the issue of immigration". That could be considered true. But the idea that Mexican leaders, in general, are smart is idiotic. They are a quasi socialist crap-hole of a country and have been for decades. Mexico's leaders are most certainly not smart.

[moehoward]

"I could understand if he said "The Mexican government is much smarter than our leaders on the issue of immigration"."

Saying "the mexican government is smarter" during a conversation on illegal immigration, isn't the same thing ?