Mexican economic minister says if Trump is elected, he'll 'talk to the devil'

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Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal.
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If Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November, Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal said for the sake of his country, he is willing to "talk to the devil."

Villarreal made his comments at a forum in New York on Wednesday night, standing in for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Reuters reports. "We cannot afford to risk a very important bilateral agreement," he said. "If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety of the Mexican people, Mexico will talk to the devil." The forum was also attended by the presidents of Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.