A Former Mexican President's Foul Response to Trump

And when CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Trump about the rebuff later during the raucous Republican presidential debate in Houston, the real-estate mogul defiantly responded that "the wall just got 10 feet taller."

Trump seemed genuinely bothered by Fox's foul language, and he insisted that he would never get away with using such a word.

"I saw him use the word that he used," Trump said. "I can only tell you, if I would have used even half of that word, it would have been a national scandal. This guy used a filthy, disgusting word on television, and he should be ashamed of himself, and he should apologize, OK?"

Who knew that Donald Trump was so sensitive and dignified? Of course, Trump has never said anything offensive -- about anyone. At least not in the last 30 minutes.

It's comical that Trump blushed when Fox dropped the F-bomb given that the billionaire has dropped more than his share.

In April 2011, during a speech in Las Vegas, Trump described the situation in Iraq this way: "We build a school, we build a road, they blow up the school, we build another school, we build another road, they blow them up, we build again. In the meantime, we can't get a [expletive] school in Brooklyn." A few minutes later, Trump also addressed the rising cost of importing oil by saying this: "We have nobody in Washington that sits back and said, you're not going to raise that [expletive] price." And, later in his remarks, while discussing the idea of taxing goods from China, Trump said this: "Listen, you mother-[expletive], we're going to tax you 25 percent."

Trump may be a hypocrite, but he's right about one thing. The former president of Mexico should apologize. But not to Trump.

Fox should apologize to all Mexican immigrants living in the United States -- for not providing them enough opportunity, for casting them adrift, and for subjecting them to the ravings of a clown.

========

Ruben Navarrette's email address is ruben@rubennavarrette.com.