Mexican businessman Héctor Sulaimán Saldivar asked to remain calm before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, since he has a great affinity with Mexico.
“My opinion is that President (elect) Donald Trump does not have any special issue with Mexicans, on the contrary he has a lot of affinity and it is a campaign issue,” declares the son of José Sulaimán Chagnon, president for 38 years of the World Council. of Boxing.
The partner, shareholder, advisor and member of the boards of directors of Mexican and international companies recalled that he has a deep friendship with the Republican, since “he was a boxing promoter and a close friend of my father.”
“Any president who comes (to power) is a very brilliant person, but (Donald Trump) is an extraordinary person, thorough and intelligent like almost all presidents and he has a lot of judgment,” he told Forbes Mexico.
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The founder of Scholas México (today the Pope Francis Foundation) sees no problems with Trump’s arrival to the presidency of the United States, “so we must be calm.”
Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican products to pressure the country to combat drug and human trafficking.
Héctor Sulaimán Saldivar assured that the government of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has great negotiating capacity, and that Mexico and the US have great coincidences beyond the neighborhood.
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“Donald Trump, as an American citizen, defends the flag, principles and constitution of the United States. He is a great person, he is a normal person, like we all are. And in the political part, there is a capacity for histrionics and passion,” he stated.
He said that Trump has a particular way of governing, “but he also likes to bring peace to the world and that’s fine.”
Trump, friend of box promoters
Donald Trump was the main promoter of Atlantic City, in New Jersey, the creation of an entertainment and gambling city parallel to Las Vegas.
In 1984, the magnate opened Trump Plaza, which included a hotel and a casino.
The politician who emerged from the ranks of the Republican Party was the owner of the casinos Trump Plaza, Trump World’s Fair, Trump Marina (formerly Trump’s Castle) and Trump Taj Mahal. Several closed or sold.
Trump Entertainment Resorts, the subsidiary of Donald Trump’s group that managed operations in Atlantic City, declared bankruptcy in 2004, 2009 and 2014.
“Donald Trump wanted to make Las Vegas in (New Jersey) Northeastern United States,” explained Sulaimán Saldivar.
Trump was a friend of Donald Don King and “of all the promoters in the world like my dad; They had a very cordial relationship and my father helped him a lot.”
“My relationship with President Donald Trump is purely friendship, since I am not a politician and I am a businessman,” he said.
“I am going to the presidential inauguration because of my friendship with the Trump family, I got along well with his wife and children. And it is a friendship of friends,” said the businessman, who will go alone to Washington DC and said he is ready for the cold that will be on Monday at the Capitol.
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Héctor and Mauricio Sulaimán Saldivar have attended different presidential investitures in the United States.
On May 24, 2018, Miguel Torruco Garza, Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, and actor Sylvester Stallone, held a meeting with Trump at the White House.
