“I don’t want to say anything about that,” said Lopez Obrador, an anti-establishment leftist who took office in December. '”Milutinovic is famous among Mexican football fans for avoiding controversy at press conferences by replying, “Yo respeto” when asked a thorny question. Like the coach, said Lopez Obrador, “I respect that,” in reference to Trump’s tweets. Delivering his latest barb against illegal immigration, Trump tweeted: “Very sadly, Murder cases in Mexico in 2018 rose 33 per cent from 2017, to 33,341. Wall is being built!”In reality, the 2018 homicide figure in Mexico was an increase of 15.5 per cent from 2017.

Source: Punch January 31, 2019 22:07 UTC