Mexico to Donald Trump: You are one ‘ignorant,' 'prejudiced' hombre

Mexico to Donald Trump: You are one ‘ignorant,' 'prejudiced' hombre
Ioan Grillo
on Jun 18, 2015 @ 2:45 PM

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Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade called Trump ignorant and prejudiced. Trump has “a profound ignorance of the reality in Mexico and the migrant contribution to (US) society,” Meade said. Trump's comments “reflect prejudices … a politician that does not know reality does not have good prospects.”

Mexico’s undersecretary for North America, Sergio Alcocer, also chipped in, saying that Trump was deluding himself. “The worst scenario for a politician is to fool themselves about reality, and the reality is that Mexicans contribute significantly to the society and economy of the United States,” Alcocer said.

More than 11 million Mexican citizens live in the US, along with millions more Americans with Mexican roots. Mexico is also the US's second top trading partner after Canada. In 2014, the US exported $240 billion worth of goods to Mexico and imported $294 billion from it, according to government data.

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http://www.globalpost.com/article/6586988/2015/06/18/mexico-donald-trump