Donald Trump’s last-minute visit below the border has angered Mexicans who believe the Republican presidential nominee has unfairly attacked them during his campaign.
Ahead of Trump’s Wednesday arrival, Mexican historians, actors and politicians took to Twitter to express their disapproval for the bombastic real estate mogul and for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for extending an invitation to him.
Both Peña Nieto and Trump face abysmal approval ratings in Mexico, with the current president earning just 23 percent approval in an August poll and Trump at a meager 2 percent in a June survey.
The hashtag #YouAreNotWelcome, translated as #NoEresBienvenidoTrump, was appended to some Twitter posts. Read some of their comments below.
Historian Enrique Krauze:
Listen @realDonaldTrump, we Mexicans expect nothing less than an apology for calling us “criminals and rapists”.
— Enrique Krauze (@EnriqueKrauze) August 31, 2016
Mexican novelist Antonio Ortuño:
“Montezuma invited Hernán Cortés to lunch and it went really well. That’s what Peña Nieto’s advisors told him. And here we go.”
Moctezuma invitó a almorzar a Hernán Cortés y le fue súper bien. Eso le dijeron sus asesores a Peña Nieto. Y allá vamos.
— Antonio Ortuño (@AntonioOrtugno) August 31, 2016
Jorge Guajardo, former Mexican ambassador to China:
This is how Mexico’s best cartoonist, @CartonCalderon, sees the visit. pic.twitter.com/vuGgSs4VyC
— Jorge Guajardo (@jorge_guajardo) August 31, 2016
Margarita Zavala de Calderón, politician and wife of former Mexican President Felipe Calderón:
“Mr. @realDonaldTrump even though you’ve been invited, know that you’re not welcome. We Mexicans have dignity and reject your hate speech.”
Sr. @realDonaldTrump aunque lo hayan invitado, sepa que no es bienvenido. Los mexicanos tenemos dignidad y repudiamos su discurso de odio.
— Margarita Zavala (@Mzavalagc) August 31, 2016
Univison anchor Jorge Ramos:
This is what @realDonaldTrump said about Mexicans: “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” Yes, Mexicans remember
— JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) August 31, 2016
Academic Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez:
“The greatest stupidity in the history of the Mexican presidency. What they just announced is unparalleled.”
La mayor estupidez en la historia de la presidencia mexicana. No tiene paralelo lo que acaban de anunciar.
— Jesús Silva-Herzog M (@jshm00) August 31, 2016
Actor Gael García Bernal:
“The list is huge: corruption, incompetency, lack of awareness of the common good—and now this—makes @epn a traitor.”
La lista es gigante: La corrupción, la incapacidad, la falta de conciencia del bien común – y ahora esto – convierte a @epn en un traidor.
— Gael Garcia Bernal (@GaelGarciaB) August 31, 2016
Correction: This post initially misstated Gael García Bernal’s surname as Marquez.
There’s an old Vulcan proverb: “Only Trump could go to Mexico.”
Trump (suprised): “Can Mexicans tweet ?”
keep 'im… a gift from a grateful United States… maybe you could put the deadbeat to work in a tie factory…
There are various legends about captured conquistadors forced to drink molten gold. I’m not recommending that anyone do that. I’m just saying.
Well, this is going to go well. That cartoon is excellent.