In an interview with Fox Business Network last week, Trump said that he did not believe Francis understood what he called “the danger of the open border we have with Mexico”.
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But while walking among a crowd in Mexico Tuesday, he scolded some fans who were trying to get too close.
“Don’t be selfish, don’t be selfish”, he is heard angrily saying in Spanish, while gesticulating wildly.
Francis, who is the first Latin American pope, is expected to travel to some of the poorest and most violent corners of Mexico in a six-day tour of that country, according to Reuters.
In a video from the scene Pope Francis can be seen reacting to the tug, which forced him to tumble partially onto a man in a wheelchair. For starters, it’s likely the trip might not have taken place at all, at least now, had Francis not needed to be in the region for his historic encounter Friday with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a meeting months’ in the making.
With his visit to the border, the pope continues to highlight the plight of migrants around the world.
Francis issued the appeal during a mass for Mexico’s clergy in the capital of the state of Michoacan, a hotbed of the country’s drug trade. Tourists are again crossing over from the United States to shop and dine.
“I’m very excited to be in the presence of the spirit that the pope has and his message”, she said.
After it happened a second time the pope got a cross look on his face and said, “Don’t be selfish, don’t be selfish”.
However, when one eager person pulled at his robe, it caused him to crash down into a wheelchair-bound man.
Before Francis leaves Mexico tonight, he will visit Ciudad Juárez – and the wall along the USA border that separates the city from El Paso, Texas.
The airline said the plane’s crew noticed the laser coming from the ground on Friday as the pope was coming in from Cuba and that other arriving planes were involved.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration reported almost 4,000 laser strikes in 2013.
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The pope wraps up his visit to Mexico on Wednesday.
