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Judi Lynn

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Wed Jan 4, 2017, 06:28 PM Jan 2017

Mexicos New Foreign Minister Is The Guy Who Arranged Trumps Mexico

Mexico’s New Foreign Minister Is The Guy Who Arranged Trump’s Mexico Trip

Luis Videgaray, who resigned from his role as Finance Minister after masterminding then-candidate Trump’s Mexico visit, will now be the country’s chief diplomat.

posted on Jan. 4, 2017, at 2:48 p.m.

Karla Zabludovsky
BuzzFeed News Reporter

MEXCIO CITY, Mexico — Luis Videgaray, who reportedly masterminded President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial visit to Mexico last year, will now head the foreign ministry, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Wednesday.

The meeting between Peña Nieto and Trump ended in conflict after opposing claims about who would pay for Trump’s proposed southern border wall. Videgaray, who was the finance minister at the time and Peña Nieto’s closest ally, stepped down after the visit.

There was widespread disapproval following Peña Nieto’s announcement Wednesday, with many here saying that his decision is based on a close personal relationship between the two men — and a pre-established relationship with some of Trump’s team — rather than on Videgaray’s diplomatic qualifications.

The former finance minister was highly criticized at the end of his last time in government for extending an invitation to Trump after the then-candidate called Mexicans “rapists” during his candidacy announcement, promised to build a the border wall, and threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump also said during the campaign that he would deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

More:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/karlazabludovsky/mexicos-new-foreign-minister-is-the-guy-who-arranged-trumps?utm_term=.hkwvWmq1Zl#.hurO9PMnKB

From thread started by Don Viejo, LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141655238

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