Ottawa - The US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the virtual anti-immigrant rhetoric Republican nominee, Donald Trump does not represent his country as President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, criticized the demagoguery the entrepreneur.
Without explicitly mention the controversial tycoon, Obama and Peña Nieto answered several questions about statements Trump, who throughout his campaign, called Mexican immigrants in the United States of "rapists" and "criminals", and has promised to build a great wall along the border separating the two countries.
"We must take seriously the rhetoric and answer it clearly and decisively, but not take it as a sign of which is the United States," Obama said at a news conference after the North American Leaders Summit Ottawa, Canada.
"Anyone who becomes president of the United States have a strong interest to have a strong relationship with Mexico because they are our friends," he added the president.
Obama noted that the United States is a "nation of immigrants" and that has always defined by their values as "freedom of expression, pluralism and the rule of law, not by the appearance of people."
"I do not think we will stop what so far has been a tradition and one of the special features of the United States, which is to attract people with talent and dreams around the world," Obama argued.
In addition, Obama said that at some point the country will adopt a "comprehensive immigration reform." And he remembered that throughout US history there have been many moments of anti-immigration rhetoric, but that people "kept coming from elsewhere."
In turn, Peña Nieto said Mexico "respects the electoral process" in the US, but criticized those who "resort to populism and easy solutions" to address the current problems, in clear reference to the statements of the Republican Party's presidential candidate .
"In this world present demagogic and populist political leaders, intending to destroy what took decades to build. Driving a country is more than giving simple answers. It is complex and difficult," said the Mexican president.
Peña Nieto explained that the comparisons made in Mexico between Trump and Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany and Benito Mussolini, key figure of fascism in Italy, wanted to "call for reflection" on the promises made by them and produced a "result It is known to all: a tragedy in human history. "
Obama, however, challenged the use of the term "populist" to the rhetoric of Trump. The Anglo-Saxon definition of populism, said US President refers to policies that seek to support the people, particularly the working class people.
He said he is a populist in this view, because it is concerned that workers have a "collective voice" in their workplaces and are paid fairly.
"Someone who never showed any respect for workers, nor fought for social justice issues, does not deserve this qualifier only for saying controversial things," Obama said, needling Trump again.
"This is nationalism, xenophobia, or worse. Or simply it is cynicism," Obama concluded.
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