New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
February 25, 2016
At
almost all of his campaign rallies, Donald J. Trump leads a familiar
refrain as he details his plan to build a giant wall along the border
with Mexico.
“Who’s gonna pay?” he asks.
Without fail, Mr. Trump’s adoring fans reply, “Mexico!”
While
the Mexican government has said little about Mr. Trump’s plan to beef
up border security, two of the country’s former presidents have a
message for Mr. Trump: Mexico
won’t pay.
“I’m
not going to pay,” Vicente Fox said, using a profanity to comment about
the wall Thursday in an interview with Fusion. “He should pay for it.
He’s got the money.”
Mr.
Fox, who was president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, was clear in his
opposition to Mr. Trump, calling him “egocentric” and lacking in any
political values. Mr. Fox
also expressed disbelief that Mr. Trump did well with Hispanic voters
in the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday and called on them to open their eyes.
“I’d like to know who those Hispanics are,” Mr. Fox said. “They are followers of a false prophet.”
Mr. Fox’s successor, Felipe Calderón, expressed similar concerns about the wall this month.
“Mexican
people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid
wall!” Mr. Calderón told CNBC. “And it’s going to be completely
useless.”
Mr.
Calderón, who was president from 2006 until 2012, went on to argue that
Mr. Trump was misinformed about the flow of immigrants from Mexico to
the United States and
that closing the border would harm America’s economy.
For
his part, Mr. Trump has insisted that as president he would have the
leverage to compel Mexico to pay for the wall, which he estimates would
cost about $8 billion.
On
Thursday, however, he appeared to be more angered by Mr. Fox’s tone.
Mr. Trump, who has been criticized for lacing his campaign speeches with
profanity, called on Mr.
Fox to apologize for using foul language when talking about the wall.
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