President Trump recommended building a wall across the Sahara to solve Europe's migrant crisis, Spain's foreign minister says.
Josep Borrell, also a former President of the European Parliament, disagreed with the strategy.
The comments came during a visit Mr Borrell made to the US at the end of June.
Mr Trump's pledge to build a wall between the US and Mexico was one of his best-known election promises.
Mr Borrell recounted his conversation with the US president at a lunch event in Madrid this week, Spain's foreign ministry confirmed to the BBC.
"The border with the Sahara cannot be bigger than our border with Mexico," Mr Borrell quoted Mr Trump as saying.
The US-Mexico border is 1,954 miles (3,145 km) long. The Sahara desert stretches for 3,000 miles.
Spain has no sovereignty over the Sahara, but it does possess two small enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla, separated from Morocco by controversial wire fences.
The enclaves have become magnets for African migrants seeking a better life in Europe and refugees fleeing persecution and conflict.
Since January of this year, 35,000 migrants arrived in Spain, the highest number received by any EU country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45586070
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. I bit my tongue while I was snacking, and heard it on TV. OMG, Trumpty Dumpty sat on a WALL Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Not all his Cult Followers could put Trumpty Dumpty together again.
This idiot is so infatuated with his Border Wall, and he puts his foot in his mouth when he displays his ignorance as far as his basic primary school Geography is concerned.
But his Cult Followers think that he is a "SMART COOKIE".
Josep Borrell, also a former President of the European Parliament, disagreed with the strategy.
The comments came during a visit Mr Borrell made to the US at the end of June.
Mr Trump's pledge to build a wall between the US and Mexico was one of his best-known election promises.
Mr Borrell recounted his conversation with the US president at a lunch event in Madrid this week, Spain's foreign ministry confirmed to the BBC.
"The border with the Sahara cannot be bigger than our border with Mexico," Mr Borrell quoted Mr Trump as saying.
The US-Mexico border is 1,954 miles (3,145 km) long. The Sahara desert stretches for 3,000 miles.
Spain has no sovereignty over the Sahara, but it does possess two small enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla, separated from Morocco by controversial wire fences.
The enclaves have become magnets for African migrants seeking a better life in Europe and refugees fleeing persecution and conflict.
Since January of this year, 35,000 migrants arrived in Spain, the highest number received by any EU country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45586070
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. I bit my tongue while I was snacking, and heard it on TV. OMG, Trumpty Dumpty sat on a WALL Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. Not all his Cult Followers could put Trumpty Dumpty together again.
This idiot is so infatuated with his Border Wall, and he puts his foot in his mouth when he displays his ignorance as far as his basic primary school Geography is concerned.
But his Cult Followers think that he is a "SMART COOKIE".
