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| 2nd former Mexican president unloads on Donald Trump |
| 2016-02-28 |
| [AP] MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday joined his predecessor in office in unloading on Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner's campaign racist and saying his discourse on immigration is fueling anti-American sentiment around the world. Calderon, a conservative who was president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, even said he thought Trump was trying to exploit the same social feelings and resentments as did Adolf Hitler. "I think his logic of exalting white supremacy isn't even acting against immigration -- Donald Trump is the descendant of migrants -- it is acting and speaking against immigrants who have a different skin color than him, which is frankly racist and is a bit like the exploitation of sensitive fibers that Hitler did in his day," Calderon told reporters after a meeting of the National Action Party, or PAN, in Mexico City. Calderon's comments parallel those made earlier by former President Vicente Fox, who preceded Calderon in office and also belonged to the PAN party. In interviews with Univision and Mexican media, Fox called Trump "crazy," a "false prophet" and an embarrassment to his party. When asked about Trump's assertion that he was going to get Mexico to pay for his proposed border wall, Fox used an explicative to make his point the country would never do so. Trump said Fox ought to be "ashamed of himself" for his vulgarity and demanded an apology. Trump has angered many Mexicans for his campaign rhetoric denigrating some immigrants as "rapists" who bring crime and drugs to the United States. Threats of mass deportations of Mexicans and other migrants illegally in the country, along with his promise to build a wall separating the nations, have added to the bad feelings. Calderon said Trump's discourse is "sowing hate" against the United States around the world and this is not is Washington's interest. During a visit to Mexico's capital, Vice President Joe Biden apologized for the inflammatory rhetoric about Mexico in the U.S. presidential campaign. "Some of the rhetoric coming from some of the presidential candidates on the other team are I think dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-advised," Biden said on Thursday. "But here's what I'm here to tell you: They do not, they do not, they do not represent the view of the vast majority of the American people." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 ...we already have that with a wishy washy Trunk controlled Congress which by the way is suppose to control the purse strings and in doing so corral most of that. However, they seemed happy passing the Pelosi-Reid sponsored omnibus funding that covered all that for another year plus of operation. Then they make a theater of proposed restrictions which are of course subject to executive veto. They know that. They're just trying to make it look good. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-28 23:24 |
| #6 Is there a downside? If you like ObamaCare, crony capitalism, abortion and wishy washy supreme court justices, no. No downside at all. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-02-28 18:53 |
| #5 China and Mexico both apprehensive of a Trump Presidency? Is there a downside? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-28 16:53 |
| #4 In essence, Trump is talking about defunding Mexico. The benefactors of the status quo could be expected to complain. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-02-28 14:21 |
| #3 #1 - might as well get the resources if we're going to get stuck with the population. And you can shrink the length of the border the further south you go. The wall just got smaller. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-28 08:14 |
| #2 "They do not, they do not, they do not represent the view of the vast majority of the American people." Whatever you say, Joe! |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-02-28 02:11 |
| #1 I think mexico has bigger problems on hand than the trumpster. Now if trump starts making noises about "Picking up where we left off in 1848" and "Bringing El Norte to you" then the mexicans have grounds for complaint. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-02-28 00:50 |