The owner of Chihuahua Cement Group, a Mexican company, said he was "happy to help" with President-elect Donald Trump's campaign to build a "border wall" between Mexico and the United States.
Chihuahua Cement Group is one of the largest cement plants in Mexico, headquartered in the northern state of Chihuahua, with three branches in the United States, which accounts for 70% of the company's sales. "We can't afford to be picky," said Enrique Escalante, the group's chief executive. "As an important player in this field, we respect users on both sides of the border."
During his campaign, Trump said he wanted to build a "border wall" of about 3200 kilometers along the border between the United States and Mexico, claiming that Mexicans who illegally crossed the border "brought drugs and crime" to the United States. "I'm going to build a great wall," he told voters. Believe me, no one can build better than me, and the price is very low. After visiting Mexico during the campaign, Trump further said that Mexico would pay for the wall. It is estimated that the cost of building a wall would be about $15 billion to $25 billion.
In an interview with Reuters, Escalante said that as far as cement companies are concerned, Trump's election is quite good for the industry.
However, the media noted that Trump did not talk about the "border wall" in his victory speech on November 8 after the election, nor did he talk about building the wall when he released his 100-day plan through a short video on November 21.
Newt Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and an adviser to Trump, expressed doubts about whether the new president would insist on building a wall. "He (Trump) is going to spend a lot of time trying to control the border, but maybe not a lot of time trying to get Mexico to pay for it," he said.
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