Proud Mexico spurns U.S. aid under review by Trump
Source: Reuters
Fri Feb 24, 2017 | 12:45pm EST
Mexico does not need financial aid from the United States, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Friday, after President Donald Trump ordered a report on U.S. assistance to its southern neighbor over the last five years.
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The review of financial assistance to Mexico was included in a Jan. 25 executive order on immigration security that mandated the construction of a border wall, leading to speculation that Trump wants to redirect the aid to pay for its construction.
"When they realize what's left of Merida, they will understand that it's not even that significant," Osorio Chong told local radio.
"We don't object to them moving these resources... Mexico now has its own capabilities," he said.
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(4,988 posts)Between losses to the farm workforce and the economic wall that Trump is building American agriculture is going to get hit with one hell of a haymaker.