Two former presidents of Mexico compare Trump to Hitler

MEXICO CITY U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's political rhetoric is "racist," and evocative of Adolf Hitler, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon told reporters at an event in Mexico City on Saturday.


"This logic of praising the white supremacy is not just anti-immigration," Calderon said. "He is acting and speaking out against immigrants that have a different skin color than he does, it is frankly racist and [he is] exploiting feelings like Hitler did in his time," Calderon said.


Trump has accused Mexico of sending rapists and drug runners across the U.S. border and has said he will make Mexicans pay for a wall on the border.


Felipe Calderon was president of Mexico from 2006-12.


Former Mexican President Vicente Fox, Calderon's predecessor, also compared Trump to Hitler in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN.


"He reminds me of Hitler," Fox told Cooper on Friday.


(Reporting by Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein and Luis Rojas, editing by G Crosse)


This article was funded in part by SAP. It was independently created by the Reuters editorial staff. SAP had no editorial involvement in its creation or production.




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Nah, he's clearly not a Nazi-driven. He just has no filter. Anyway, I doubt he will become a next president. Bernie Sanders acts more politely and, thus, has more chances. His program is way more balanced. Btw, we all should know that the president is not the sole figure of power. Congress.

 

Trump goes after the population that think like him. Like he said after winning Nevada "We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated!". There are states which Trump doesn't stand a chance at all, I hope! What do you think it would happen if he wins the election and becomes president? Most people think WW3 might be starting soon, I think that's a bit too much.

 

Trump is a psychopathic racist! He is evidently bitter and if he wins we will definitely be facing World War III. So sad racism is still alive and well because everyone who is supporting him are racists themselves. I wish Obama could do a third term.

 

I don't think that Bernie Sanders would be much different to Obama.