Mexican diplomat brutally mocks Trump for carrying a ‘small stick’
WASHINGTON — When Jorge Guajardo, one of Mexico's most senior and seasoned foreign policy hands, got out of bed Thursday morning, a couple of interesting messages were waiting on his cell phone.
One was a link shared by a U.S. diplomat to the leaked transcript of a phone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. In the second, a former Mexican official offered the quick analysis.
"He's the opposite of Teddy Roosevelt," that official quipped to Guajardo about Trump. "He speaks loudly and carries a small stick."
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Seven months into the Trump administration, the world's diplomatic community has gone from throwing its hands in the air to now leaning back in their chairs and laughing, albeit morosely, at Trump's cringe-worthy display of diplomacy during the infancy of his presidency.
A transcript of Trump's conversation with Mexico's leader was one of two phone calls uncovered by The Washington Post that provide yet another glimpse into the raw conversations that have opened Trump up to charges of hypocrisy and belittling his base.
Much of the conversation with Pena Nieto focused on Trump's concession that he knew Mexico would never pay for a wall along the shared border. Trump's promise that he would build a wall on the southern border and that Mexico would pay for it was a central theme of his presidential campaign. Indeed, these promises generated some of his loudest applause lines.
But, according to the transcript of the call, Trump pleaded with Pena Nieto to not say publicly that Mexico wouldn't pay.
So what does the Trumpster think he's gonna do if Nieto does spill the beans?
Fire him?
LMAO
hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why would anyone give any credence to what an official in Mexico claims? They are one of the most corrupt government in the world. I have wondered so many times why the UN has not brought sanctions against Mexico for their inhumane treatment of its people.
I'm all for reigning in the power of the executive branch, but these leaks go way too far. I hope they catch and prosecute these traitors. It's not just Trump they are hurting.