The video shows Trump step from a gleaming white Mexican Air Force helicopter that transported him from the Mexico City airport on Aug. 31. “It was really good, thank you,” Trump can be heard saying on the video, when asked by a Mexican official about his trip. The details of who paid for the helicopter trip, however, remain shrouded in mystery, raising concerns in the capitals of Mexico and the United States.
Campaign finance experts say U.S. election law likely prohibits the Mexican government from picking up the tab of Trump’s helicopter flight, under statutes that bar “any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in the United States, either directly or indirectly.” Mexican legislators, meanwhile, have fumed at the possibility that the Mexican people subsidized Trump’s August visit.
Mexican opposition lawmakers, who were critical of the trip from the moment it was announced, condemned the government’s expenditure of funds on Trump. “Not a single Mexican liked Mr. Trump’s visit, and much less the idea that their taxes contributed to his visit in this campaign,” said Senator Gabriela Cuevas of the National Action Party.
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