Posted on 02/01/2017 5:04:02 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
The excerpt of the call did not detail who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres," nor did it make clear the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's response.
Still, the excerpt offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors. Trump's remarks suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail.
A White House spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. The Mexican government said the account was not accurate.
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Mexico Says it never happened.
See Lou Dobbs tonight om Fox business news.
See (h/t mariner)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3520266/posts?page=39#39
I call fake, hope Drudge (and Dobbs, if he picked up on it) takes it down...
Meheco or islam we don’t need your stinking filth.
Pedro don’t surf.
Why would it be fake?
Cartels are destroying both countries.
Pound them straight back to hell
Good one..!
^_^
Maybe it’s a “red dye marker” story?
I do remember during the campaign Trump saying the drug cartels should be treated like an enemy army.
I must be on the wrong site. I can't find the "thumbs up" icon to click to agree with you.
I’d like to see Sean Spicer call out fake news stories at the beginning of each presser and ban the WH press reporter from that agency from asking any questions for the next week.
CNN has a different transcript of the call. Apparently, Trump was offering “help.” Not to invade Mexico!
According to an excerpt of the transcript of the call with Peña Nieto provided to CNN, Trump said, “You have some pretty tough hombres in Mexico that you may need help with. We are willing to help with that big-league, but they have be knocked out and you have not done a good job knocking them out.”
Trump made an offer to help Peña Nieto with the drug cartels.
The excerpt of the transcript obtained by CNN differs with an official internal readout of the call that wrongly suggested Trump was contemplating sending troops to the border in a hostile way.
An edit that changes the context of the story or flat out not verifying a source is Fake News.
There needs to be punishment.
Tell them you are in the FBI, and that you can't reveal your ID. They will run with it...
Probably 4chan. The Mainstream Mediots just got double-douched. Again.
Last night on Lou Dobbs, the pastor said that he had misspoken. He meant to say FORMER gang leaders had contacted him
LSM turns it into "Trump threatens to invade Mexico"
Few people know just how bad the hombres down there are, The MSM refuses to cover the news from there.It has been going on for 20 years now along our border.Trump is right to demand it be stopped.
This illegal underground site out of Mexico reveals just how bad:
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