The Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo was visibly stunned Friday after former Mexican President Vicente Fox shouted an obscenity during an interview focusing on the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
“We are not paying, I am not going to pay for that f–king wall. I am not, and he should know that. I am not going to apologize,” he said.
The former president’s remarks were a reference to GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s oft-repeated promise to build a wall on the Southern border and make Mexico pay for it.
There was no tape delay set in place Friday for Fox’s interview on FBN, and his use of the “F word” went completely uncensored, much to Bartiromo’s obvious horror.
This is not the first time that the former Mexican president has responded forcefully to Trump’s wall promise by stating clearly that Mexico won’t pay for it.
Trump was even asked in a GOP primary debate Thursday evening to respond to Fox’s promise that Mexico won’t pay for the border wall, and Trump remarked, “The wall just got 10 feet taller.”
Fox then responded to that quip by saying, “My reaction is: More stupid. That’s a wrong thought. Migration should be handled in a different manner.”
The former Mexican president also called on Trump to “drop out” of the 2016 presidential race.
“I would invite this guy to drop out of the race and go back to his business,” he said. “He doesn’t know a little bit about macroeconomics, he doesn’t know about history, he doesn’t recognize what [the North American Free Trade Agreement] is about … We [Mexico] are partially responsible for making that economy as strong as it is.”
