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Mexico president promises to protect Mexicans and congratulates Donald Trump | Mexico president promises to protect Mexicans and congratulates Donald Trump |
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Mexico's president, Enrique Pena Nieto, congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration Friday and promised Mexicans that he would protect them as he seeks a respectful dialogue with the Trump administration. | |
The president said on Twitter that he will seek relations that will be beneficial for Mexican citizens. | The president said on Twitter that he will seek relations that will be beneficial for Mexican citizens. |
. While campaigning, Mr Trump angered Mexican citizens by characterizing them as rapists and murderers while promising to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. He also promised Americans that Mexico would pay for the structure, a claim that President Nieto has said would never happen. | . While campaigning, Mr Trump angered Mexican citizens by characterizing them as rapists and murderers while promising to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. He also promised Americans that Mexico would pay for the structure, a claim that President Nieto has said would never happen. |
"At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall," he tweeted back in November. | "At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall," he tweeted back in November. |
President Trump's top aides will meet with senior Mexican officials next week in Washington DC to discuss bilateral relations including security, trade, migration, according to a statement from the Mexican government. | President Trump's top aides will meet with senior Mexican officials next week in Washington DC to discuss bilateral relations including security, trade, migration, according to a statement from the Mexican government. |
President Nieto currently has an approval rating of 12 per cent, the lowest for any Mexican official in the modern polling era, according to the Mexico City-based newspaper Reforma. He was highly criticized for meeting with the Trump campaign last September and surging gasoline prices over the years | President Nieto currently has an approval rating of 12 per cent, the lowest for any Mexican official in the modern polling era, according to the Mexico City-based newspaper Reforma. He was highly criticized for meeting with the Trump campaign last September and surging gasoline prices over the years |
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