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Mexico says won't pay for Trump's 'terrible' border wall
REUTERS ^ | March 3, 2016 | Alexandra Alper

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; chiapas; guatemala; mexico; trump; usborders; wall
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

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.


41 posted on 03/03/2016 2:34:34 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Requires Congress.


42 posted on 03/03/2016 2:35:22 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: TigersEye

Sounds great to me. WhTs that equal in pesos? Lol


43 posted on 03/03/2016 2:35:35 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic. Repeal the 17th.)
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To: ModelBreaker
Is Calderon campaigning for Trump now?

Mitt Romney was today!! And gave The Donald a fine endorsement.

44 posted on 03/03/2016 2:35:39 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Jim Robinson

They will pay for it and not even know it.


45 posted on 03/03/2016 2:37:38 PM PST by ully2
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To: Russ

Attach a 50% fee on all cash sent back to Mexico. Wall paid for.


46 posted on 03/03/2016 2:38:04 PM PST by depressed in 06 (If you like your part-time job, you can keep your part-time job. Vote Bolshecrat.)
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To: EnglishOnly

The president can’t impose tariffs - Congress has to ass legislation to do that.


47 posted on 03/03/2016 2:38:22 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: dennisw

92% tax on any money sent to Mexico!


48 posted on 03/03/2016 2:39:16 PM PST by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Put a tax on money transfers to all countries in SA.

Boom!!! we’re done.


49 posted on 03/03/2016 2:39:38 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Put a tax on money transfers to all countries in SA.

Boom!!! we’re done.


50 posted on 03/03/2016 2:39:38 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Sooth2222

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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51 posted on 03/03/2016 2:39:43 PM PST by Mears
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has to be passed by Congress.


52 posted on 03/03/2016 2:39:52 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

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.”


53 posted on 03/03/2016 2:41:00 PM PST by pilgrim
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To: depressed in 06

Requires Congress.


54 posted on 03/03/2016 2:41:17 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: stars & stripes forever

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.


55 posted on 03/03/2016 2:44:35 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: stars & stripes forever

F Mexico now and forever.

They are as much an enemy as Dorkbama and the NYT.


56 posted on 03/03/2016 2:45:18 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Russ

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.


57 posted on 03/03/2016 2:46:25 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: CA Conservative
Requires Congress.

Not a problem.

58 posted on 03/03/2016 2:47:52 PM PST by depressed in 06 (If you like your part-time job, you can keep your part-time job. Vote Bolshecrat.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

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.


59 posted on 03/03/2016 2:48:04 PM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: Newbomb Turk

“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.


60 posted on 03/03/2016 2:48:08 PM PST by napscoordinator
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