Salma Hayek Reacts to Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump's infamous statements about Mexican Immigrants.
"I'm aware that he would say anything to attract attention and create the publicity around him," the Mexico-born actress told me while promoting her new animated film Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (more on that in a second). "If something generates publicity, I would never be surprised about anything he does." Hayek refuses to "say his name" because she doesn't want to give the presidential hopeful any "extra publicity." "I'd be surprised if he did something courageous and meaningful that nobody found out about," she said. "This was not courageous and meaningful." "At least be brought a light to a real problem," Hayek said.
After Donald Trump's Mexico-bashing comments, Mexicans engaged in a little Trump-bashing of their own. Artisan Dalton Avalos Ramirez launched a Trump piñata featuring The Donald's inimitable hairstyle and a big, big mouth. The papier-mache figure came in a variety of sizes.
The first was on display at the Piñatas Ramirez store in the border city of Reynosa. Avalos Ramirez said he created it 'because of the hatred Trump expressed for the Mexican people.' He said 'people want to burn the piñatas, they want to break them. People are angry.' During his presidential campaign kickoff speech on Tuesday, Trump accused Mexican immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the U.S. As news of the toy swept the internet Trump took to Twitter with another load of anti-Mexican jibes in a kind of 'best of' round up.
It started mildly: 'I like Mexico and love the spirit of Mexican people, but we must protect our borders from people, from all over, pouring into the U.S. He then added: 'Mexico is killing the United States economically because their leaders and negotiators are FAR smarter than ours. Bur (sic) nobody beats Trump!' Noticing the typo, he reposted that tweet again with a correction, leaving the original up. The Republican hopeful concluded: 'Druggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers are coming across the southern border. When will the U.S. get smart and stop this travesty?' Ramirez's Trump piñata isn't the first he's made of a controversial figure.
