Former Mexican president: We won't pay for Donald Trump's 'stupid wall'
For months, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been promoting a very specific and outlandish strategy to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. As president, he says often, he'd simply build a wall along the entire Mexican-American border. It would be funded by the Mexican government, Trump claims.
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón doesn't think his country would be down with that plan, CNBC reports.
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Calderón suggested a wall wouldn't help the U.S., serving instead to hinder the country's trading. It's an idea, he said, that came from a "not very well-informed man."
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