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While Mexican media uses Trump as a distraction, it appears that the political class is changing its tune:
First Vicente Fox said he wasn’t “going to pay for that f**king wall.”
Now he’s apologizing,
“I apologize. Forgiveness is one of the greatest qualities that human beings have, is the quality of a compassionate leader. You have to be humble. You have to be compassionate. You have to love thy neighbor,” Fox explained to Breitbart News while sitting in the hotel of the J.W. Marriott in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday afternoon.
Then he went on O’Reilly, invited Trump to visit Mexico, and promoted the amnesty bill while at it,
Fox was not alone: Mexican officials are focusing on the positives in the U.S.-Mexico relationship, avoiding direct references to the presidential campaign.
In an interview with The Hill Monday, Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo said “it’s not very convenient for foreign officials” to comment on U.S. elections. He said they will instead focus on the massive economic potential of the U.S.-Mexico partnership.
“The mere fact that Mexico has become an item in the debate should be an opportunity to reinforce the U.S-Mexico relationship. In a way, underlying that reality is the fact that whatever happens in Mexico has an impact in the U.S. That in itself is good,” said Guajardo.
Trump, as expected, was on O’Reilly earlier in the show, and, as expected, was his usual,
While I oppose open borders, I also oppose Trump’s boorishness. (Related: A Vote for #Neither)
UPDATE
In Memeorandum thread.
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