Hillary Clinton has released a new video hitting Donald Trump for his “embarrassing” trip to Mexico. “I told him that is not the way to build a mutually beneficial relationship for both nations”.
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As reported by the Reuters news agency, Trump reiterated in a speech on August 31 that the only way undocumented foreigners could live in the United States legally under his presidency would be to leave and apply for re-entry.
The real estate mogul’s accusations that Mexico sends rapists and drug runners to the United States, and his threats to build a border wall and tear up trade deals, have angered the government but his meeting with Pena Nieto on Wednesday gave him a chance to present himself in a more moderate light.
But a slip of the tongue dominated the reaction on social media to the president’s remarks.
He acknowledged Mexicans’ “enormous indignation” over Trump’s presence in the country and repeated that he told him in person Mexico would in no way pay for the proposed border wall, according to the Associated Press.
After realizing that 77 percent of Americans are vehemently against his plan to deport the 11 million-plus undocumented immigrants in the USA, the Donald Trump campaign set out to soften its stance.
Still, Trump laid out a series of tough policies to tackle illegal immigration when he delivered his speech in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday night. He said it was better to speak with Donald than “cross my arms” and do nothing in response to Trump’s “affronts, insults and humiliations”.
“At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall”, Peña Nieto tweeted.
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But later, reports surfaced that Peña Nieto privately told Trump that Mexico would not pay for it.
