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Trump to former Mexican president: Apologize for 'F word'

Donald Trump wants an apology from a former Mexican president for using a bad word.

"FMR PRES of Mexico, Vicente Fox horribly used the F word when discussing the wall. He must apologize!" Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon, after Fusion published an interview with the former president in which he did not mince words.

FMR PRES of Mexico, Vicente Fox horribly used the F word when discussing the wall. He must apologize! If I did that there would be a uproar! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2016

In an interview with Fusion's Jorge Ramos published earlier in the day, Fox remarked, "I’m not going to pay for that f-----g wall," regarding the Republican presidential candidate's proposal to build a wall along the border and make the Mexican government pay for it.

"If I did that there would be a uproar!" tweeted Trump, who has generated no shortage of headlines with his use of profanity in various campaign appearances.

Earlier this month, Trump tangled with another former Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, who told CNBC, "Mexican people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid wall."

"If this guy pretends that closing the borders to anywhere either for trade [or] for people is going to provide prosperity to the United States, he is completely crazy," Calderon said.

“He’ll pay. Trust me, he’ll pay,” Trump responded at the time. “We have such a trade imbalance with Mexico. We have such a trade deficit. The wall is peanuts compared to that number.”