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IDemo

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 07:49 AM Jun 2015

Mexican government calls Trump's comments 'prejudiced and absurd'

Mexico's interior minister on Tuesday lashed out at Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump, labeling comments he made about the country in his announcement speech earlier in the day as "prejudiced and absurd."

The real estate mogul and TV personality barged his way into the 2016 U.S. presidential election in a blitz of boasts and inflammatory comments, some of them directed at the United States' southern neighbor.

In his speech, Trump said Mexico was not a friend of the United States country, describing Mexican migrants to the country as drug-runners and rapists.

The freshly minted Republican candidate pledged to build "a great, great wall on our southern border," adding that he would ensure that Mexico pay for it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/18/us-usa-election-trump-mexico-idUSKBN0OX06920150618

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Mexican government calls Trump's comments 'prejudiced and absurd' (Original Post) IDemo Jun 2015 OP
quite the understatement GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #1
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