This looks like one of those stories that is going to burn up in the atmosphere of social media before it makes the broadcast news, but who knows? Word on Twitter is that President Donald Trump threatened to invade Mexico during a phone call with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/826936990826262528
Trump threatened to invade Mexico, AP reports https://t.co/Itcr31PuC0
— Noel Randewich (@randewich) February 1, 2017
SO @realDonaldTrump threatened to invade Mexico. https://t.co/Y9KPZgH2ON
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) February 1, 2017
AP: Trump threatened to unilaterally send troops to Mexico because of "bad hombres" on call w/ country's president https://t.co/bPeWKO4V8M
— Ben Schreckinger (@SchreckReports) February 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/826948895188066304
President Trump threatens to send U.S. troops to Mexico to take care of 'bad hombres' https://t.co/tGqwdnfVey
— TIME (@TIME) February 1, 2017
anyway, apparently the president just threatened to invade Mexico https://t.co/vUFmOoSYTP
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) February 1, 2017
AP: Trump threatened to send US troops to Mexico to stop "bad hombres down there," in phone call w/Mexican president https://t.co/S26HOIbQrE pic.twitter.com/sWEHLBRvjX
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 1, 2017
?????? https://t.co/2TnnKHRfmQ
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) February 1, 2017
Invade Mexico? Apparently those NAFTA talk are going to be "aggressive negotiations"
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) February 1, 2017
Invading Mexico? That’s kind of big news. Unless, of course, it’s fake news. Time to tap the brakes again.
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/826941813219008514
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/826942044308381697
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/826942323103760384
So I'm conflicted between Trump's propensity to say things like he'll invade Mexico & the media's miserable track record since Jan. 20.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 1, 2017
Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday reached out via Twitter to the reporter who broke the story to clear up some absolute falsehoods and clarify that the tone of the call was constructive.
Aclaración de la #SRE a nota @DoliaEstevez @AristeguiOnline @ProyectoPuente pic.twitter.com/f1EhtFTqYd
— Relaciones Exteriores (@SRE_mx) February 1, 2017
Mexico's State Department says that .@potus did not threaten to send US military to Mexico during call with @epn, despite news reports https://t.co/rs3jbbyrdp
— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) February 1, 2017
Mexico’s State Dept to reporter @DoliaEstevez who got scoop: “Whoever was your confidential source on this side of the border, lied to you."
— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) February 1, 2017
"despite news reports"
Man, am I getting tired of seeing that. https://t.co/uEy6IoaG6U— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) February 2, 2017
Mexican president's spokesman tells me reports that Trump told Pena Nieto that he may send US army across border are "false."
— Laurent Thomet 卢鸿 (@LThometAFP) February 2, 2017
fake news called out in Mexico https://t.co/aAaBeDKvOi
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 2, 2017
Political Twitter:
"Trump told Mexico he'll deploy military for bad hombres." 50,000 RTs
"Mexican gov't calls report on Trump false." 22 RTs— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 2, 2017
For what it’s worth, the White House also says an invasion of Mexico is not in the works.
The White House tells me POTUS did not threaten to invade Mexico. https://t.co/93Np22bgUm
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) February 1, 2017
well that's comforting. Did they just deny the conversation the AP reported altogether?
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 1, 2017
They denied a similar report from Mexico earlier in the day. https://t.co/t6oF9e9H0F I think they are reading the AP report.
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) February 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/826942793012621313
you gotta admit, regardless of how it turns out this is an amazing tweet
— Liam Liwanag Burke (@liamlburke) February 1, 2017
"TRUMP DENIES THREATENING TO INVADE MEXICO, BUT RUMORS PERSIST"
— Liam Liwanag Burke (@liamlburke) February 1, 2017
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Update:
Crisis averted?
https://twitter.com/RodrigoEBR/status/826994897026686976
https://twitter.com/RodrigoEBR/status/826995311583313924
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