Posted on 03/03/2016 2:07:13 PM PST by stars & stripes forever
There is no way Mexico would fund Donald Trump's "terrible" plan to build a wall along its border with the United States if the Republican front-runner wins the U.S. presidential election, the Mexican finance minister said.
Trump, the New York billionaire developer and former reality television star, sparked outrage in Mexico when he vowed to force Latin America's second largest economy to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border to stem the flow of illegal immigration and drugs.
In a televised interview late on Wednesday, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray categorically rejected the proposal.
"Under no circumstance will Mexico pay for the wall that Mr. Trump is proposing," he said. "Building a wall between Mexico and the United States is a terrible idea. It is an idea based on ignorance and has no foundation in the reality of North American integration."
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A) good idea. How?
B) requires Congress.
C) Mexico will ignore it.
D) should already be happening, that is not Mexico paying for it.
E) requires Congress.
F) again, should already be happening but that is not Mexico paying for it.
Requires Congress.
Sounds great to me. WhTs that equal in pesos? Lol
Mitt Romney was today!! And gave The Donald a fine endorsement.
They will pay for it and not even know it.
Attach a 50% fee on all cash sent back to Mexico. Wall paid for.
The president can’t impose tariffs - Congress has to ass legislation to do that.
92% tax on any money sent to Mexico!
Put a tax on money transfers to all countries in SA.
Boom!!! we’re done.
Put a tax on money transfers to all countries in SA.
Boom!!! we’re done.
Why do we send any country foreign aid?
We’re in debt——eliminating foreign aid would pay it off.
Why on earth does any other country need our money???
It makes no sense-——and has driven me nuts for quite a while.
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Has to be passed by Congress.
A FRiend’s definition! I agree with it!
“Trump isn’t confined by the prison of facts and what is possible , he can ‘speak to the people’ promising the impossible to them.”
Requires Congress.
Mexico leaders are about as stupid as ours. They only listen to what they want. Mexico will pay for it through fair trade which we do not have right now. Mexico sucks. I have been there at least 4 times (soonest just on Thursday last week in Cozumel) and like it but their leaders SUCK.
F Mexico now and forever.
They are as much an enemy as Dorkbama and the NYT.
I wish thousands of Americans....heck millions of Americans would just storm the border just to see what Mexico would do. That country is made of a bunch of hypocrites. I guarantee every one of them would be arrested immediately.
Not a problem.
Dear Mehico, a key point: Trump did not say we will “have” Mehico pay for the wall, he said we will “make” Mehico pay for the wall. Thank you.
“Actually we will pay for it with the 760 million we spend every year in foreign aid to Mexico !”
Why the heck are we sending them money? Lord, stop all aid except Israel. Let the haters deal with their countries on their own.
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