Posted on 02/25/2017 10:01:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
The first Latin American president to visit Donald Trump at the White House told the U.S. leader Friday he prefers “bridges to walls,” sending him a gentle rebuke of his controversial proposal to build a wall along the border with Mexico.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a U.S.-educated former Wall Street banker, has emerged as an unlikely leader in Latin America, taking a strong stand against Trump’s “America First” agenda while many in the region remain silent.
Kuczynski, 78, characterized his meeting with Trump as “cordial and constructive” and said he told Trump he was interested in the free movement of people — “legally,” he emphasized — and also spoke about trade and economic development.
Kuczynski harshly criticized Trump during the U.S. presidential campaign, joking he would cut diplomatic relations with the U.S. “with a saw” if Trump followed through on his pledge to build a wall with Mexico, which he compared to the Berlin Wall. On Friday, he made a point of saying “we prefer bridges to walls.” …
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If he wants to build bridges in his country, go for it.
We’ll have a big beautiful wall on the border to ours, thank you.
Of course he does. Everyone trapped in a turd-world hellhole wants an easy escape route.
Easy for him to say. Millions of Mexicans aren’t sneaking across his borders.
+1. Perfect!
When illegals start flooding Peru in the numbers we have, let’s ask their “president” if that is still his answer.
A bridge to Peru!
I bet he has walls around his estate, though.
My first thought as well. Let's convert old Navy hulks into prisoner transports - named Botany Bay I, II, III... and sail around the 3rd World offering to relieve their over-capacity prisons by giving excess convicts a free ride to Peru.
Also offer to transport their family members there, to encourage them to settle down long term.
There are a lot of Illegal Peruvians here. My neighbor is ICE and he said everyone would be surprised how many. Lots of Guatemalans too.
Exactly right. I’ve heard that comparison several times, but as you state, the Berlin wall was to keep people in, our wall is to keep illegals out. Huge difference. But then Leftists/Dems aren’t the smartest people in the world.
People like him will always land on their feet. Others may benefit from borders.
PS Peruvians might be more likely to emigrate to Mexico, rather than vice versa.
I hope the Peruvians have improved their bridge-building skills since the time they built the bridge of San Luis Rey.
I’m sure that people once thought the same of Zedekiah that is thought of people such as Kuczynski.
Having a spiked fence around your palace make it much easier to shoot your opponents if they think about setting foot on restricted territory.
As long as the bridge is to America.
Well, aren't you so precious and special!
“Yes. Wonder if Peru has open borders.”
It probably does, but it’s not a problem because no one wants to go there. If we didn’t have a problem keeping undesirable people out, we wouldn’t need one either.
Attencion, Ecuadorians, Columbians, Bolivians and Chileans!
Peru’s borders are now open and they welcome you to come
partake of their land, hospitals, jobs and welfare system.
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