A Mexico City nightclub owner is taking revenge for President Trump’s “insults” by hitting American tourists where it hurts — their wallets.
Club Japan is charging US citizens 15 times more than other tourists to get in, while posting a pointed jab about who does, and doesn’t, deserve discounts.
“In the same way we remind you that it is not that ‘we charge more to the gringos,’ but that we offer discounts for those who need it,” the post translated read.
“The general access cost is 5,000 pesos ($300). US citizens do not have a discount.”
The club went on to explain that other citizens of the world get a 93% discount and only pay 350 pesos ($20) to get in.
Citizens of Mexico and other Latin America countries get a 95% discount and only have to pay a cover charge of 250 pesos ($15). They also said they were looking out for teachers and students with a 97% discount for those outside of America, only making them pay a cover fee of 150 pesos ($8).
The owner of the night club, Federico Crespo, said he was doing this over commentsTrump has made about his country.
“This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States,” he toldthe Guardian. “It’s very much a response to the many attacks against Mexico from Trump.”
The club said the extra money it has scored from the insane cover charge all goes to the staff at the club.
Crespo also admitted that the extra charge for US citizens was in response to the gentrification of his city,following mass tourism and an increase in foreignerswho live temporarily in the capital city.
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