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Donald Trump Suggests 'Rope' is the Only Exit from Border Wall for Mexicans

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Donald Trump Suggests 'Rope' is the Only Exit from Border Wall for Mexicans

00:59 GMT 20.08.2015 (Updated: 11:12 GMT 06.08.2022)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to reporters as he arrives in Laredo, Texas July 23, 2015 - Sputnik International

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said the only way someone could get down from the wall he would build between the United States and Mexico was with a rope.

During a town-hall meeting in New Hampshire, Trump said he would build a wall on the US-Mexico border so tall that no one could scale it – or would regret it if they did, the Daily Beast reported.

"Once they get up there," Trump said, "there will be no way to get down. Well, maybe a rope, but…"

— Jessica (@JessicaGoldstei) August 19, 2015

Twitter pointed out the lynching undertone in Trump's "rope" reference.

— jg (@JustinGlawe) August 19, 2015