Trump threatened to send 25 million Mexicans to Japan at G7 summit: Report Sat Jun 16, 2018 06:28AM
Tehran (KNA) - US President Donald Trump threatened Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he would send 25 million Mexicans to his country during a discussion on immigration, one of a series of bizarre statements by Trump that shocked fellow leaders at last week's acrimonious Group of Seven (G7) summit, according to a report.
Trump's counterparts at the G7 summit hosted by Canada were alarmed by the US president's verbal jabs on topics ranging from trade to migration and terrorism, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, quoting European Union (EU) officials who were present.
The G7 gathering of the seven largest advanced economies finished in disarray after Trump's abruptly rejected its consensus statement and bitterly attacked Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
At one point he described migration as a big problem for Europe then said to Abe: "Shinzo, you don't have this problem, but I can send you 25 million Mexicans and you'll be out of office very soon," creating a sense of irritation in the room, according to an EU official.
Trump has made his hard-line stance on immigration an integral part of his presidency and has promised to build a wall along the US-Mexican border to curb the flow of migrants from Mexico and Central America.
Source: PressTV