Clothed by thousands of his followers at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, the president Donald Trump He said that Mexico is, in effect, paying for the border wall, one of its most important promises in the 2016 campaign when it promised to lift a barrier between the two countries that would be borne by the neighbor.
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“Mexico is paying for the wall, they will soon find out… the wall is ultimately being paid, and very well, by Mexico. And it is an advantage for Mexico if they think about it, “Trump said to some 7,400 followers inside a popular resort, who even queued throughout the night before to attend the event.
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“The wall is a vital barrier to block deadly drugs that reach communities. What we are doing is stopping drugs in record numbers,” Trump added in his speech that lasted an hour.
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The president also celebrated the work that his counterpart is doing Andrés Manuel López Obrador to contain the waves of migrants heading to the United States.
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“With all due respect to Mexico, we like Mexico very much, and we get along very well with them and their president is a friend of mine, and he is doing a fantastic job (at the border),” he said.
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In the speech he devoted much of the time to constantly attack the Democrats and especially to Bernie Sanders, one of the candidates with a chance to become his rival for the November elections.
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“These people are crazy. They are following in the footsteps of socialists like Bernie Sanders,” he said.
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“The Democrats are now the party of high taxes, crime, open borders, late abortions, socialism and blatant corruption,” he cried.
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There is a “mass exodus” from the Democratic Party, said Trump, who said Republicans will welcome them “with open arms.”
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