AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Mexican Presidents Take Issue With Trump

AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Mexican Presidents Take Issue With Trump¹

Vicente Fox was the president of Mexico for six years, starting in 2000.

He says Donald Trump should not insult Mexicans during his campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination².

Trump says he will build a wall between the United States and Mexico. And he says he will get Mexico to pay for it if he becomes president.

People think the cost of the wall could be greater than $1 billion.

Trump also says he plans to deport³ Mexicans who are not in the U.S. legally. He also wants to deport children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

In response to Trump’s claims, Fox recently told Fusion⁴ TV: “I’m not going to pay for that [expletive] wall.” An expletive is a curse or swear word.

Fox says he is surprised Trump won the votes of 46 percent of the Hispanics who voted in the recent Nevada caucus⁵.

Felipe Calderon followed Fox as Mexico’s president. They both say they are concerned about the anti-Mexican sentiment Trump is stirring up.

Calderon told The Washington Post the wall would be “useless” and said “we won’t pay a cent for that stupid wall.”

Calderon also noted⁶ that Trump is ignoring recent statistics from the Pew Research Center that show more Mexicans are returning home than entering the United States in the five years ending in 2014.

Calderon says the fact that Trump is ignoring those statistics shows that he is “an ignorant man.”

Trump responded to Fox’s comments, using Twitter to say that the former president should apologize for using bad language.

Fox says he will not apologize.

“He’s the one who should apologize,” Fox says.

Words in This Story

deport – v. to force (a person who is not a citizen) to leave a country

stir up – v. to cause (someone) to feel a strong emotion and a desire to do something

ignorant – adj. lacking knowledge or information

expletive – n. a word or phrase that people sometimes say when they are angry or in pain, especially one that is considered offensive

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

4 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

5 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。