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Salma Hayek mocks Donald Trump's 9/11 and 7/11 mix-up | Salma Hayek mocks Donald Trump's 9/11 and 7/11 mix-up |
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Salma Hayek has mocked Donald Trump’s most recent blunder while also fitting in a dig at his proposed policies too. | Salma Hayek has mocked Donald Trump’s most recent blunder while also fitting in a dig at his proposed policies too. |
Appearing at a rally in Buffalo, New York on Monday, the GOP frontrunner referred to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre as 7/11 - a popular convenience store in the US. | Appearing at a rally in Buffalo, New York on Monday, the GOP frontrunner referred to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre as 7/11 - a popular convenience store in the US. |
“I wrote this out, and it’s very close to my heart because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Centre right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” he said. | “I wrote this out, and it’s very close to my heart because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Centre right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” he said. |
While Trump may have continued his speech without correcting himself, various news outlets and people made sure he wasn’t going to forget this awkward mix-up in a hurry. | While Trump may have continued his speech without correcting himself, various news outlets and people made sure he wasn’t going to forget this awkward mix-up in a hurry. |
Cue Hayek, best-known for films like Frida and Desperado, who responded with this tweet: | |
The tweet follows a number of disparaging remarks the real-estate mogul has made about Mexico, most infamously the giant wall he pledges to erect between the US and Mexico should he get elected. | The tweet follows a number of disparaging remarks the real-estate mogul has made about Mexico, most infamously the giant wall he pledges to erect between the US and Mexico should he get elected. |