[valleyer]

Here is the actual quote you are defending:

    TRUMP: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best -- they're not sending you [points at unidentified people off-camera] -- they're not sending you -- they're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us.  They're bringing drugs; they're bringing crime; they're rapists and some, I assume, are good people."

There is no apparent indication in that video that the people he's pointing at are Mexican.

[rcxdude]

Among other issues, countries are not generally 'sending people' to immigrate to other countries. Most countries are in general keen to avoid emigration.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

>There is no apparent indication in that video that the people he's pointing at are Mexican.

But it seems like the most natural interpretation.

The most obvious, good-faith interpretation of this quote is that Mexico has a mix of good and bad people, like every country, and the ones immigrating illegally tend to be bad. The fact that the media didn't even consider this common-sense interpretation contributed a lot to Trump's popularity.

[valleyer]

Cool. Here's something he said today:

  TRUMP: "They're all crooks.  The Somalians are -- what they've done to Minnesota -- the Somalians.  They're crooked as hell.  Ilhan Omar.  Crooked as hell.  They're all crooks.  And we got 'em."

Really earning that good faith!