Mexican president denies calling Trump to praise border work
Source: CBS News
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is calling into question President Trump's most recent claims that the leader called him to praise his administration's work on the U.S.-Mexico border.
As Mr. Trump welcomed his new Chief of Staff John Kelly to the Cabinet table on Monday, Mr. Trump took time to applaud the work Kelly had done during his time leading the Department of Homeland Security.
"At Homeland, what he has done has been nothing short of miraculous," Mr. Trump said of Kelly.
He went on, saying, "As you know, the border was a tremendous problem and they're close to 80 percent stoppage. And even the president of Mexico called me -- they said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they're not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment."
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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-president-nieto-denies-ever-calling-trump-to-praise-border-work/
That call never happened. The Mexican Foreign Ministry put out a statement saying the two men haven't spoken recently by phone.
Once again, reality punctures Cheeto's delusional boasting.
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)of the white house must be like living
a marx brothers movie...
catbyte
(34,408 posts)And welcome to DU!
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Nice place...
Laurian
(2,593 posts)Nothing he says can be believed. It's f*cking amazing how much this man lies.
That the GOP tolerates this fool says much about them as a party.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Remember the "Little Red Book" of China's Chairman Mao's quotes?
Someone should publish one with Trump's lies.
May I suggest #1?
"I'll never lie to you"
Gothmog
(145,345 posts)Trump lies about everything
PatSeg
(47,517 posts)and everything. Astonishing.
safeinOhio
(32,690 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)"He lied. Trump lies. It's what he does."
Moostache
(9,897 posts)We know he LOVES attention...and that damn gecko is kinda everywhere....
Initech
(100,082 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)For another Vincente Fox video!
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)covered by the ACA?
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)from telling these constant self-aggrandizing lies. it's so transparent it's embarrassing.
tblue37
(65,409 posts)JBoy
(8,021 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,013 posts)Over 100 people were found in Mexico abandoned in a tractor trailer, abandoned by people smugglers. One tip of one of many icebergs.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
Motley13
(3,867 posts)JBoy
(8,021 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)but we really shouldn't be laughing. This is a VERY serious problem and we're in increasingly serious danger to come, because of it.
volstork
(5,402 posts)is with Guatemala. Look at a map, dumbass.
Marcuse
(7,489 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,749 posts)And he gets away with it because his nincompoop base in the Republic of Dumbfuckistan has been brainwashed into believing that any "news" coming from anywhere but Dolt 45's tweets is fake news.
Vinca
(50,279 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)In Trumpland, "alternative facts" are the norm.
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)everything he says should be considered a lie... He could say he is 71 years old, which he is but the fact he said it, still makes one suspicious.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)I think he dreams up conversations in his mind and then speaks of them as if they actually occurred.
He does that a lot.
Presidents can't do that.
We're so fucked.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,749 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)racist attacks and even the outrageous rallies he does. Gen. Kelly will not be able to stop t-rump tweeting neither. Babysitting will become a horrible chore. It's a matter of time.
niyad
(113,400 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)...just post the times when he don't lie?
Oh ! Wait....it's might be not a good idea...
Il will be nothing left to post
Lanius
(599 posts)Maybe the Orange Toddler isn't lying? Maybe he really believes what he says? It could be he's as mad as a march hare.