Republican presidential hopeful and former reality TV star Donald Trump used the escape Sunday of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman to do a victory dance for his own Mexico bashing.
Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel who was first arrested in 1993 and previously escaped from a maximum security Mexican prison in 2001, was reported missing early Sunday from a maximum security facility, where he reportedly escaped through a 1-mile tunnel to a waiting motorcycle.
Trump, who has made bashing Mexican immigrants a key part of his campaign so far, unleashed a series of tweets on Sunday and Monday, using the escape to ratchet up his rhetoric.
Mexico’s biggest drug lord escapes from jail. Unbelievable corruption and USA is paying the price. I told you so!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2015
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
…Trump, however, would kick his ass!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Now that the Mexican drug lord escaped from prison, everyone is saying that most of the cocaine etc. coming into the U.S. comes over border!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
The U.S. will invite El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord who just escaped prison, to become a U.S. citizen because our “leaders” can’t say no!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
El Chapo and the Mexican drug cartels use the border unimpeded like it was a vacuum cleaner, sucking drugs and death right into the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
….likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico through the border. We get the killers, drugs & crime, they get the money!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
When will people, and the media, start to apologize to me for my statement, “Mexico is sending….”, which turned out to be true? El Chapo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
The joke around town is that I freed El Chapo from the Mexican prison because the timing was so good w/ my statements on border security.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Mexico’s totally corrupt gov’t looks horrible with El Chapo’s escape—totally corrupt. U.S. paid them $3 billion.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
El Chapo comes to the U.S. often thru our border—it’s been revealed he has CA drivers license. http://t.co/E7UA3eyP5O
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
