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UTUSN

(70,686 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:00 AM May 2016

Way to go, Vicente FOX, apologizes to DRUMPF, and great timing surrendering for Cinco de Mayo

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/vicente-fox-apologizes-trump-222842
[font size=5]Vicente Fox apologizes to Trump for wall outburst[/font]

By Nolan D. McCaskill

More than two months after his expletive-laden outburst over Donald Trump's plan for a massive border wall, former Mexican President Vicente Fox is apologizing to Trump and has invited the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to Mexico.

Mexican leaders have insisted that the country’s government will not pay for Trump’s wall, despite his consistent claim that as president he will build a wall along the southern border and have Mexico fund it. Speaking to Fusion’s Jorge Ramos in February, Fox said, “I’m not going to pay for that f-----g wall” — a statement that prompted Trump to call for an apology.

“If I offended you, I’m sorry,” Fox said, referring to Trump in an interview with Breitbart on Wednesday. “But what about the other way around?”

In his speech last June announcing his presidential campaign, Trump said Mexicans were crossing the border, bringing drugs and crime. “They’re rapists,” he said. “And some, I assume, are good people.”

Fox added later on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” “I think it’s very important to invite Donald Trump to come to Mexico and to learn about the real Mexico.”

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Way to go, Vicente FOX, apologizes to DRUMPF, and great timing surrendering for Cinco de Mayo (Original Post) UTUSN May 2016 OP
education is the key moonbabygo May 2016 #1
All bets are off without any of those things. Our underestimating is our failing. UTUSN May 2016 #2
Dogandpony show few will buy. Trump would also be risking many RW 'wall' supporters blm May 2016 #3
 

moonbabygo

(281 posts)
1. education is the key
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:04 AM
May 2016

If trump goes to mexico and comes back rehabilitated he will win some support from mexicans here in the USA. If he then picks the governor of NM as his VP all bets are off

UTUSN

(70,686 posts)
2. All bets are off without any of those things. Our underestimating is our failing.
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:13 AM
May 2016

He has *NO* potential for "rehabilitation." That would call for his transforming into an entirely different specimen. And the Governor of NM is Susanna MARTINEZ, who is the Hispanic version of PALIN. "Mexicans (-Americans) here in the USA" would not be flocking to the party of racisim and greed to follow Ms MARTINEZ. They would more likely be calling her politically incorrect names.

blm

(113,052 posts)
3. Dogandpony show few will buy. Trump would also be risking many RW 'wall' supporters
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:20 AM
May 2016

of his in the primaries not showing up in November. They are voting FOR Trump's anti-Mexican positions in order to validate their hatred.

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