Trump humiliates Mexican president again over border wall | US news
Donald Trump has again humiliated Mexico’s president Enrique Peña Nieto by repeating his claim â€" in the presence of the Mexican leader â€" that America’s southern neighbour would pay for a border wall.
Peña Nieto allowed Trump’s comments to go unchallenged when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Hamburg on Friday.
Asked by reporters if he expected Mexico to finance a border wall, Trump responded: “Absolutely.†Peña Nieto sat silently next to him.
The meeting â€" the first between the two leaders since Trump took office â€" again highlighted Trump’s insensitivities toward Mexico, while Peña Nieto’s passivity brought back bad memories for many Mexicans.
Trump travelled to Mexico City when his campaign was sagging last August, and embarrassed Peña Nieto in the presidential palace by speaking publicly of his plans for fencing of the frontier. The Mexican president was fiercely criticised for failing to contradict Trump.
Earlier this year, the Mexican government announced that the two presidents had agreed not to talk in public about the wall â€" a deal that Trump has honored in the breach.
Trump’s apparent inability to talk to Peña Nieto without offending Mexico, and the Mexican president’s apparent unwillingness to push back, have infuriated many Mexicans.
Carlos Bravo Regidor, a professor at the Centre for Teaching and Research in Economics in Mexico City, said: “Trump broke the deal they had of not talking about the wall in public. And Peña Nieto should have called him, right there, to his face on. He didn’t.
“Trump is a bully, but Peña Nieto is a coward.â€
Jorge Ramos, the Univision anchor whom Trump expelled from a press conference during the campaign, tweeted: “Trump says again that Mexico will pay for the wall. When will [Peña Nieto] dare to say to his face and in public that Mexico will not pay?â€
JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews)Trump dice otra vez que México pagará por el muro. ¿Cuándo se atreverá @epn a decirle a Trump en su cara y en público que México no pagará?
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