Republican presidential nominee who has called Mexico source of rapists and criminals meets President Pena Nieto.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has arrived in Mexico, making a surprise visit to meet the president of a nation he derided at the start of his White House campaign as a source of rapists and criminals coming to the United States.
Trump's visit on Wednesday follows an invitation from President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has repeatedly criticised Trump's immigration and border policies and compared him to Adolf Hitler.
It came just hours before Trump was set to give a major speech on immigration in the border state of Arizona.
After a closed-door meeting, Pena Nieto told reporters that the "Mexican people have been hurt" by comments made by Trump.
But he added that he was sure that Trump is genuinely interested in building a relationship that will benefit both countries.
Trump, for his part, said Trump says he and the president had discussed his call for a border wall during their meeting, but did not talk about Trump's insistence that Mexico pay for it. He said, "that'll be for a later date".
Al Jazeera's John Holman, reporting from Mexico City, said "both were keen to appear statesman-like. The rhetoric that Trump had in the past about Mexicans being rapists was very much abandoned."
Protesters gathered in Mexico City at the famous Plaza de San Angel statue, while other Mexicans vented their anger over the visit on social media.
source : www.aljazeera.com
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has arrived in Mexico, making a surprise visit to meet the president of a nation he derided at the start of his White House campaign as a source of rapists and criminals coming to the United States.
Trump's visit on Wednesday follows an invitation from President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has repeatedly criticised Trump's immigration and border policies and compared him to Adolf Hitler.
It came just hours before Trump was set to give a major speech on immigration in the border state of Arizona.
After a closed-door meeting, Pena Nieto told reporters that the "Mexican people have been hurt" by comments made by Trump.
But he added that he was sure that Trump is genuinely interested in building a relationship that will benefit both countries.
Trump, for his part, said Trump says he and the president had discussed his call for a border wall during their meeting, but did not talk about Trump's insistence that Mexico pay for it. He said, "that'll be for a later date".
Al Jazeera's John Holman, reporting from Mexico City, said "both were keen to appear statesman-like. The rhetoric that Trump had in the past about Mexicans being rapists was very much abandoned."
Protesters gathered in Mexico City at the famous Plaza de San Angel statue, while other Mexicans vented their anger over the visit on social media.
source : www.aljazeera.com
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