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Mexican President defends decision to host Trump, needed better organization

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday defended his decision to host a visit by US presidential candidate Donald Trump to Mexico, but he said it could have been carried out "in a better way".

The hastily arranged meeting of Trump and Pena Nieto on Aug. 31 sparked outrage in Mexico because of Trump's verbal attacks on Mexicans as well as his threats to build a border wall and tear up trade deals with Latin America's No. 2 economy.

"I faced a dilemma of 'yes or no' once I had made the proposal and he said 'yes.' Because, at the end of the day, its all about ensuring the best interests of Mexico, even if it could be very controversial, as it turned out to be," Pena Nieto said in an interview on Mexico's Canal 11 television.