Late on Wednesday, Trump commented on Videgaray’s resignation on NBC television when he was asked if the United States could take a chance with him as commander-in-chief.
Advertisement
“Look at the aftermath today, where the people that arranged the trip in Mexico have been forced out of government. That’s how well we did”.
Pena Nieto defended the get-together saying it was important to open a dialogue with someone who could be the next USA president instead of confronting Trump with “insults” that “would make me very popular here in Mexico”.
He has shared both in the president’s triumphs and embarrassments; in 2014, Videgaray acknowledged he had bought a house from the same government contractor who sold a mansion to Pena Nieto’s wife, First Lady Angelica Rivera, in the administration’s deepest scandal. Such remarks led President Pena Nieto to compare the American to Italian fascist leader Mussolini, and Adolf Hitler.
President Pena Nieto said the new minister will “apply adjustments to public spending” but there will not be any rise in taxes.
Deputy Interior Minister Luis Miranda, who is said to be a close friend and ally of Pena Nieto, replaced Meade as the head of the social development ministry.
An economist who earned a doctorate from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Videgaray saw the meeting as a political risk worth taking in case Trump was elected, the Post said.
This is a reference to previous statements Trump has made that he would block remittance payments to Mexico if the country didn’t voluntarily pay for “the wall”. “It was necessary to make him feel and know why Mexico does not accept his positions”.
It also reignited debate between Trump and Peña Nieto over the funding of Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S. -Mexico border.
Mr. Peña Nieto announced Mr. Videgaray’s resignation at a news conference.
“It was a historic error for our president to invite a person like that to our country”.
Trump insists Mexico will foot the bill for the structure, while Peña Nieto vows his nation would never pay for it instead.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican opponent Donald Trump answered questions on national security and foreign policy September 7 during a “commander-in-chief forum” on NBC News. She called Trump’s quick stop in Mexico City “an embarrassing global incident”.
Advertisement
That decision has clearly not helped his popularity, with a survey by pollsters Mitofsky showing that 88 percent of Mexicans were not pleased with the meeting. This includes the preparation of derivative works of, or the incorporation of such content into other works.
