Slim praised the Mexican President for calling Trump's bluff and said that the outpouring of support for Peña Nieto showed Trump that Mexico is united to face the challenge. But in an apparent effort to cool tensions, Trump and Peña Nieto spoke for an hour by phone on Friday. Slim's call for unity comes a week after a Mexican poll gave Slim the highest percentage approval among Mexican public figures as the best qualified person to face Trump. With his popularity approaching single digits, most Mexicans see Peña Nieto as politically too weak to stand up to Trump. Slim responded by saying Trump's policies would "destroy" the American economy.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2017 22:38 UTC