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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Entertainment
Olivia Blair

Salma Hayek mocks Donald Trump's 9/11 and 7/11 mix-up

Salma Hayek has mocked Donald Trump’s most recent blunder while also fitting in a dig at his proposed policies too.

Appearing at a rally in Buffalo, New York on Monday, the GOP frontrunner referred to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre as 7/11 - a popular convenience store in the US.

“I wrote this out, and it’s very close to my heart because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Centre right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” he said.

While Trump may have continued his speech without correcting himself, various news outlets and people made sure he wasn’t going to forget this awkward mix-up in a hurry.

Cue Hayek, best-known for films like Frida and Desperado, who responded with this tweet: 

The tweet follows a number of disparaging remarks the real-estate mogul has made about Mexico, most infamously the giant wall he pledges to erect between the US and Mexico should he get elected.

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