Impugns Mexican judge's honesty and calls Mexico's courts corrupt in pageant lawsuit

As a private lawsuit over the 2007 Miss Universe pageant in Mexico moved through the Mexican courts, Trump posted a series of tweets attacking the judiciary hearing his case. He wrote that he hoped "the Mexican judge is more honest than the Mexican businessmen" who allegedly owed him money, named developer Rodolfo Rosas Moya, and declared Mexico's "court system corrupt" while calling to "build an impenetrable WALL." The dispute stemmed from a soured deal in which Rosas Moya's company had pledged Playa del Carmen properties as collateral; Trump won arbitration in 2012 but could not collect. Commentators later cited the episode as an early instance of a recurring pattern in which Trump ties an adverse legal ruling to a judge's or party's Mexican heritage, most prominently in his 2016 attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel.

"I hope the Mexican judge is more honest than the Mexican businessmen who used the court system to avoid paying me the money they owe me." Quote verified against source