It's all personal with DRUMPF: Failed business deals in Mexico got him to his wall
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/06/the-man-who-made-donald-trump-hate-mexico.html
[font size=5]The Man Who Made Donald Trump Hate Mexico[/font]
Targets of Donald Trump’s ire have been varied and many, but few have been a target as often as Mexico. What’s behind the vendetta?
Tim Mak Katie Zavadski Andrea Noel
.... Trump’s frustration with the Mexico pageant is hardly the only time he has experienced failure in the country. The businessman has left a trail of failed projects and unmet hopes in Mexico. ....
When the project failed to get off the ground, Trump said his role was never as a developer but that he had only lent his name to the construction for a half-million dollar licensing fee, which was eventually lost in legal fees, after a massive class action lawsuit from defrauded purchasers. More than a hundred hopeful homeowners who had put their faith in the Trump name sued him and the partner company, Irongate Capital Partners, eventually settling with the developer for $7.2 million. In 2013, the homeowners and Trump reached a separate and confidential agreement for an undisclosed amount. ....
.... As with so many other issues, Trump’s policy is based on personalities. His foreign policy is built first and foremost on personal experiences. The mutual admiration society between Trump and Vladimir Putin seems to have strongly influenced his position on future U.S.-Russia relations. Former British prime minister David Cameron’s criticism of Trump’s idea of a Muslim ban seemed poised to disrupt one of America’s most important relationships.
And as for Mexico, Trump just can’t seem to get over how two businessmen, and the Mexican court system, stiffed him out of millions of dollars.
And that is unforgivable.
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